Legal Opinion
Viola Chvala, Administratrix of the Estate of Victoria Krizman, Deceased v. D.C. Transit System, Inc., Ann Baker v. D.C. Transit System, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 21, 1962No. 16850_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Circuit Judge.
Victoria Krizman and Ann Baker were passengers in an automobile owned by Ernesto Regalado, and driven by Carlos Sauma. As the automobile was going north on Wisconsin Avenue in the dark hours of the early morning of January 12, 1957, it struck a streetcar loading platform and veered into a tree. Victoria Krizman was killed, and Ann Baker was injured. Appellant Chvala is Victoria Krizman’s administratrix. She and Ann Baker sued the appellee, D. C. Transit System, Inc., and Regalado and Sauma. We are now concerned only with the suits against Transit.
Appellants claimed Transit…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Barnes v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- City of Rochester v. . CampbellNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- District of Columbia v. WoodburySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Radinsky v. EllisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
- Fowler v. Chicago Railways Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1918
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3Cited by6 opinions
- McKethean v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Robert H. Turtle v. Institute for Resource Management, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Warren v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1995
- Simpkins v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2003
- Keith Wicks v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2020
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