Legal Opinion
Maxwell v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 7, 1993No. 428, September Term, 1993PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CATHELL, Judge.
Sharon Bovy Maxwell and James Maxwell, appellants, appeal from the trial court’s granting of a “directed verdict” in their negligence suit, finding that Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), appellee, had immunity from liability. 1 Appellants present three questions supported by several numbered arguments. We consolidate and rephrase the issues as:
1. Whether the evidence offered by appellants below was directed at WMATA’s alleged negligent design.
2. Whether WMATA has immunity from suit based upon negligent design.
We shall affirm. We hereafter explain, but are…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- United States v. GaubertSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Berkovitz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Alfred Morris v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- Price A. Baum Margaret Leedy v. United States v. Michael A. Massey, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Katz v. Washington Suburban Sanitary CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
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