RASSOULPOUR v. WASH. METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 86-5478.

826 F.2d 98 (1987)

Nayereh S. RASSOULPOUR, et al., Appellants, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, a body corporate, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory A. Cotter, with whom Robert J. Stanford, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellants.

Gerard J. Stief, with whom Sara E. Lister, Carol A. Sigmond, and Mark R. Pohl, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee WMATA.

Edward J. Longosz, II, with whom Gary W. Brown and James F. Bromley, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Before BUCKLEY and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Senior District Judge for the Northern District of California.


Opinion for the court filed by Senior District Judge WEIGEL.

WEIGEL, Senior District Judge:

Appellants Nayereh Rassoulpour and Ali Rassoulpour brought this action for personal injury and loss of consortium against appellees Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("WMATA") and Westinghouse Electric Corporation ("Westinghouse").

I. FACTS

Mrs. Rassoulpour was injured when she fell on an escalator at a Metro station in Washington, D.C...

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