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JOHNSON v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTH.

Civ. A. No. 86-3110-LFO.

764 F.Supp. 1568 (1991)

Eleanor T. JOHNSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 22, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen T. Eaton, W. David Allen, David T. Smorodin, Eaton, McClellan & Allen, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Fredric W. Schuster, Associate General Counsel, Bruce P. Heppen, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Robert J. Kniaz, Deputy General Counsel, Robert L. Polk, General Counsel, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

OBERDORFER, District Judge.

This case arises out of the unfortunate death of Devora Johnson, the daughter of plaintiffs Eleanor and Franklin Johnson. On March 20, 1986, the decedent leaped from the platform in the lower level of the Metro Center station into the path of an oncoming Red Line subway car, the train struck her, and she died soon after. Although an Order of January 27, 1988 originally entered summary judgment in favor of defendant...

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