Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 15, 1994No. Civ. A. 86-3110-LFOPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
I
On March 20,1986, Devora Johnson leaped from the train platform at the lower level of the Metro Center subway station. An oncoming subway train struck and killed her. Plaintiffs are Devora’s parents. It is undisputed that decedent “assumed the risk and was contributorily negligent by jumping into the path of an oncoming train.” Johnson v. Washington Metro. Area Transit Auth., 764 F.Supp. 1568, 1571 (D.D.C.1991) (quoting Memorandum of February 5, 1988, at 19). Plaintiffs argue, however, that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Johnson v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1995
- Eleanor T. Johnson v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996