Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 29, 1995No. Civ. A. 86-3110-LFOPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
In 1989 the Court of Appeals remanded this case for resolution of a disputed material fact: could an unimpaired operator have stopped the train after decedent appeared on the track and before the train struck her? Johnson v. WMATA, 883 F.2d 125, 132 (D.C.Cir.1989). One jury was unable to agree. A second jury has resolved that issue in favor of plaintiffs and has awarded damages for wrongful death and survival.
Defendant moves for judgment as a matter of law or for a new trial. As plaintiff correctly responds, the legal issues raised by defendant have…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- District of Columbia v. PetersDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Eleanor T. Johnson v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- Michael Belton v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. MolloyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. JohnsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
- Piedmont Resolution, LLC v. Johnston, Rivlin & FoleyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1998
- Eleanor T. Johnson v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. JohnsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
- Appell v. Giaccone, et al.District Court, D. New Hampshire · 1997
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