FIELDS v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 83-1186.

743 F.2d 890 (1984)

Vivian L. FIELDS, et al. v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant. Alfred George Futrell.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 11, 1984.

As Amended September 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan S. Himelfarb, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Milton Heller, Washington, D.C., with whom William G. Applestein, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellees.

Before WRIGHT, TAMM, Circuit Judges, and MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge MacKINNON.

MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is a personal injury action arising out of a bus accident in the District of Columbia. By consent of the opposing parties, plaintiff's suit in the United States District Court was referred to a United States magistrate for trial by jury, to be followed by entry of judgment on the order of the magistrate. The jury awarded substantial verdicts against defendant...

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