Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 22, 1991No. Civ. A. 86-3110-LFOPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
This case arises out of the unfortunate death of Devora Johnson, the daughter of plaintiffs Eleanor and Franklin Johnson. On March 20, 1986, the decedent leaped from the platform in the lower level of the Metro Center station into the path of an oncoming Red Line subway car, the train struck her, and she died soon after. Although an Order of January 27, 1988 originally entered summary judgment in favor of defendant Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and dismissed the complaint, the Court of Appeals affirmed in part, reversed in part,…
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