WASH. METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTH. v. YOUNG

No. 97-CV-1050.

731 A.2d 389 (1999)

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant, v. Mark G. YOUNG, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy F. Langworthy, with whom Robert L. Polk and Robert J. Kniaz, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellant.

Michael H. Gottesman, with whom Robert F. Muse and Christopher H. Mitchell, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and GREENE, Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

This case involves a collision between a bus and a bicycle in a District of Columbia intersection. The two impacted when the bus driver, while making a right turn, cut off the bicyclist, who was in the lane to the right of the bus. The bicyclist struck the side of the bus, lost his balance, and fell under the bus. The bus' momentum carried it forward, trapping the bicyclist under its right rear wheel. The jury returned a verdict for the bicyclist...

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