Jacklyn McKenna v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge:

Jacklyn McKenna appeals the district court’s dismissal of her complaint against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), 1 — F.Supp. -. We affirm the dismissal because, as the district court held, the WMATA Compact, D.C. Code Ann. § 1-2431, exempts WMA-TA from the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51 et seq.

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On February 12, 1985, McKenna’s husband, a WMATA employee, was installing new rail wheels on a maintenance truck. While he was working, the structure collapsed on top of him. He died later that day as a result of the…