Legal Opinion
Briggs v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 27, 2007No. 06-7037PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Judith C. Briggs filed a wrongful death and survival action seeking to recover damages from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA” or “Metro”), the District of Columbia (“District”), the Washington Convention Center Authority (“Authority”), Clark Construction Company (“Clark”), and Sherman R. Smoot Company (“Smoot”) after an unknown assailant murdered her son near the top of the escalators at a Metro station in Washington, D.C. Under D.C. law, a plaintiff alleging negligence “ ‘has the burden of proving ... the applicable standard of care, a…
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