Legal Opinion
Brooks-Powers v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 19, 2003No. A02A2448PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Chief Judge.
After an employee of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) died in an on-the-job accident, Jean Brooks-Powers, as sole surviving spouse and as the administratrix of the decedent’s estate, sued MARTA for damages citing federal statutory and constitutional law. Following the grant of summary judgment to MARTA, Brooks-Powers filed this appeal which poses three legal questions: whether Brooks-Powers obtained an implied right to sue under 49 USC §§ 5329 and 5330 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act (UMTA); whether she had a cause of action under the federal…
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