Legal Opinion
McKethean v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 29, 1991No. 86-1704PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
This case arose from an accident which killed seven persons and injured two more. All of the victims were struck by an automobile while standing at a bus stop at Third and M Streets, S.E. The injured parties and representatives of the deceased victims filed negligence actions against the driver of the car, the owner of the car (the driver’s brother), and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMA-TA). The District of Columbia was later added as a co-defendant. Included in one complaint was a claim by a relative of two of the victims for negligent infliction…
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