Legal Opinion
Whiteru v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 7, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2015-0844PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, United States District Judge
This case concerns the death of OMem-ute Whiteru (“Whiteru”), whose body was discovered in the‘Judiciary Square Metro Station on October 23, 2013. Whiteru suffered an accidental injury inside the Metro Station on October 19, 2013; in the instant lawsuit, Whiteru’s parents, Cameroon Whi-teru and Agnes Whiteru (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), contend that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”) negligently failed to discover Whiteru in time to provide him with lifesaving emergency medical assistance.…
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