Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 29, 1983No. 80-1330PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal from the trial court’s denial of appellants’ motions for a new trial or for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in their negligence action against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”) and Dravo Corporation (“Dravo”), owner and builder, respectively, of the subway system in the District of Columbia.
I
Appellants 1 are the owners of a building which for approximately fifty years has been leased to the Boyce & Lewis, Inc. shoe store (“Boyce & Lewis”). In 1974, while subway construction was in progress along the street facing…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Scott v. PurcellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Harrison Richardson v. Thomas E. GregoryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by77 opinions
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