Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. Deschamps

MATRICCIANI, Judge.

This case comes to us from a jury verdict in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, holding appellant/crossappellee Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”) liable to appellee/cross-appellant Ruby Deschamps (“Ms. Deschamps”) for negligence stemming from injuries she sustained while riding a WMATA-operated escalator. WMATA made motions for judgment both at the conclusion of Ms. Deschamps’ case and at the conclusion of all the evidence, which the court denied. After the conclusion of a three-day trial, the jury awarded Ms. Deschamps $51,781.95 for past…