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WASHINGTON METRO. AREA, ETC. v. WARD

No. 80-325.

433 A.2d 1072 (1981)

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant, v. Sue Ellen WARD, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 17, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. McBurrows, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Miller Marshall, Washington, D. C., with whom Brandon Carlon was on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, Associate Judge, and PAIR and GALLAGHER, Associate Judges, Retired.

GALLAGHER, Associate Judge, Retired:

On May 9, 1975, appellee Sue Ellen Ward (Ward) entered the Northern Division bus garage of appellant Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and sustained injuries when she slipped on an oil-absorbing compound known as Sta-Dri. Ward later sued WMATA for negligence, alleging that its employees carelessly permitted the Sta-Dri — which, though granular in appearance is extremely greasy after use — to remain...

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