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QUEEN v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 87-7095.

842 F.2d 476 (1988)

Ivar J. QUEEN, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. Regan, with whom Marc Fiedler, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellant. William P. Lightfoot, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

John G. Elligers, with whom Sara L. Lister, Mark R. Pohl and Gerard J. Stief, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee. Richard W. Beebe, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, STARR, Circuit Judge, and MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.

WALD, Chief Judge:

On January 10, 1985, as he was heading home from a morning of shopping, Ivar Queen, a resident of Washington, D.C., was run over by a city transit bus. Both of his legs were fractured. Queen brought suit in federal district court against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("WMATA"), contending that WMATA's bus driver had negligently operated the bus that struck him. The jury...

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