Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. Barksdale-Showell

BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:

A jury awarded Patricia Barksdale-Sho-well damages for injuries she suffered as a result of her fall down an escalator at Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”)’s Anacostia station, under the theory that WMATA was negligent in failing to warn of the dangerous wet condition on the escalator. On appeal, WMATA contends that the trial court erred in denying its post-trial Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law because Ms. Barksdale-Showell had failed to establish a prima, fade case of negligence. In her cross-appeal, Ms. Barksdale-Showell…