Boyko v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was injured while riding a bus operated by appellee, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro). After a jury returned a verdict for appellant, the trial court granted appellee’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Because we conclude that appellant presented evidence sufficient to allow a reasonable trier of fact to find in her favor, we reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand this case with directions to reinstate the jury’s verdict and to enter judgment upon it in favor of appellant.

Late one evening in October 1976, during…