Legal Opinion
Ivar J. Queen v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 25, 1988No. 87-7095PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.
WALD, Chief Judge:
On January 10, 1985, as he was heading home from a morning of shopping, Ivar Queen, a resident of Washington, D.C., was run over by a city transit bus. Both of his legs were fractured. Queen brought suit in federal district court against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”), contending that WMATA’s bus driver had negligently operated the bus that struck him. The jury, however, returned a general verdict for WMATA. In this appeal, Queen challenges the district court’s instructions to the jury, as well as…
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