Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Allen

Banke, Presiding Judge.

At approximately 9:00 p.m. on December 21, 1984, the plaintiffappellee was raped at knifepoint in the parking lot of MARTA’s Hightower rail station in Atlanta, as she was returning to her car from the train. She filed the present action against MARTA to recover for her resulting injuries, alleging that the transit authority had failed to provide adequate security in the parking lot. A jury awarded her $250,000, and MARTA filed this appeal. Held:

1. MARTA enumerates as error the trial court’s refusal to exclude evidence showing that ten armed robberies had occurred in the…