Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. Johnson

RUIZ, Associate Judge,

with whom WAGNER, Chief Judge, and REID, Associate Judge, join in Parts I and III, dissenting:

I adhere to the views expressed in the division opinion that would have applied the last clear chance doctrine to this case and permitted recovery by the suicide’s family and estate against a reckless train operator who could have avoided causing Ms. Johnson’s death. See Washington Metro. Area Transit Auth. v. Johnson, 699 A.2d 404 (D.C.1997), vacated, 704 A.2d 306 (D.C.1998). That Ms. Johnson initiated the events that resulted in her death is not in dispute, but it is equally…