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HEMPHILL v. WMATA

No. 91-7112.

982 F.2d 572 (1993)

Patricia Ann HEMPHILL, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 15, 1993.

As Amended January 15, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Fortune Fay was on the brief, for appellant.

Bruce P. Heppen, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, with whom Robert L. Polk, Gen. Counsel, and Gerard J. Stief, Associate Gen. Counsel, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority were on the brief, for appellee.

Before: RUTH BADER GINSBURG, SILBERMAN and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

It is the judgment of this court, in which all three judges concur, that the judgment of the district court be vacated and the case remanded for a new trial. As explained in the opinions of the three judges that follow, the "claims-minded-plaintiff" instruction given by the magistrate judge was improper.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge, concurring in the judgment:

Plaintiff-appellant in this vehicle accident case presents a sole issue...

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