Moorehead v. Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District

Plaintiff appeals a judgment in a negligence action against defendant, Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet), for personal injuries arising from her slip and fall on a MAX train one rainy evening in Portland. In her complaint, plaintiff alleged that TriMet had been negligent in allowing water tracked in by passengers to gather and remain on the floor of its train without warning passengers or blocking off the areas with water on the floor. At trial, TriMet defended by arguing that, by installing special flooring on the train, TriMet had made the train reasonably…