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QUEEN v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 89-7085.

901 F.2d 135 (1990)

Regina QUEEN, Appellee, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1990.

As Amended April 19, 1990.

As Amended May 31, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Lazarus, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, with whom, Thomas A. Medford, Jr., Asst. Gen. Counsel, Gerard J. Stief, Associate Gen. Counsel, Robert J. Kniaz, Acting Deputy Gen. Counsel, and Robert L. Polk, Gen. Counsel, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, were on the brief, for appellant, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

M. Michael Cramer was on the brief, for appellant, Jackson Bullock.

Richard L. Swick, with whom, Patrick G. Senftle, was on the brief, for appellee.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, and MIKVA and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

Appellee, Regina Queen ("Queen"), was awarded a jury verdict of $1.2 million from appellant, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("WMATA" or "the Authority"), for injuries she sustained when she was struck by a WMATA vehicle driven by an off-duty WMATA employee. The sole basis for WMATA's liability was its status as a self-insurer of its vehicles. WMATA now appeals the district court's determination...

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