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BEST v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 85-6214.

822 F.2d 1198 (1987)

John S. BEST v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant, Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Kniaz, with whom Sara E. Lister, Carol A. Sigmond, Gerard J. Stief and Janet B. Rubin, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Marc Fiedler of the Bar of the Supreme Judicial Court of Com. of Massachusetts, pro hac vice by special leave of Court, with whom Roger C. Johnson, Joseph H. Koonz, Jr. and Carolyn McKenney, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MIKVA, EDWARDS and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

Concurring statement filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("WMATA") appeals a judgment awarding damages to John S. Best, an employee of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, for injuries he sustained while replacing a broken light bulb on the side of a WMATA escalator. We hold that WMATA is immune from suit as Best's "statutory employer...

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