Legal Opinion
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. Jones
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 24, 1982No. 79-293PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Associate Judge:
This appeal constitutes the residuum of litigation arising from an intersection collision between a passenger car and a Metro-bus on May 9, 1976. Seven separate lawsuits were filed by the parties to the accident.1 The cases were consolidated for a bifurcated trial before a jury which began on April 24, 1978. On April 28, 1978, the jury returned a verdict against WMATA and the bus driver, Alvin Porch (hereinafter jointly referred to as “Metro/Porch”), on the issue of liability; and on May 5, 1978, the jury awarded damages in excess of $475,000. Metro/Porch moved for…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Wingfield v. Peoples Drug Store, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- Shu v. BasingerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- Washington Annapolis Hotel Co. v. RiddleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
- Spain v. McNealDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
- Aqui v. IsaacDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Oxendine v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- District of Columbia v. EvansDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- Holmes v. Amerex Rent-A-CarDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
- Michael Belton v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
- Doris Andrews and Otis Andrews v. Thomas H. Wilkins, Individually and in His Official CapacityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
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