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HARVEY v. WASHINGTON M.A.T.A.

Nos. 85-6190, 85-6220.

814 F.2d 764 (1987)

Carolyn P. HARVEY v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant, Oliver Battle, et al. Carolyn P. HARVEY, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Beebe, with whom Sara E. Lister, Carol A. Sigmond, Richard McBurrows and Robert J. Kniaz, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, appellant in No. 85-6190 and cross-appellee in No. 85-6220.

Browne L. Kooken, Upper Marlboro, Md., was on brief, for Carolyn P. Harvey, Washington, D.C., appellee in No. 85-6190 and cross-appellant in No. 85-6220.

Joseph Patrick Clancy, with whom Richard L. Fritts, Chevy Chase, Md., was on brief, for Shirley A. Batchelor, cross-appellee in Nos. 85-6190 and 85-6220.

Eugene L. Chrzanowski, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for GEICO, cross-appellee in Nos. 85-6190 and 85-6220.

Before STARR and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges, and McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.

STARR, Circuit Judge:

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("WMATA") appeals from a district court judgment entered upon a jury verdict. The verdict followed the trial of an action brought by Carolyn Harvey, in which she charged that a WMATA employee's negligent operation of a bus shortly after she boarded resulted in her sustaining serious injuries. WMATA attacks the District Court's denial...

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