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DOUGLAS v. WMATA

No. 97-CV-1115.

757 A.2d 91 (2000)

Dorothy Y. DOUGLAS, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 10, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Clower, for appellant.

Douglas L. Johnson, with whom Robert L. Polk and Robert J. Kniaz, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, TERRY, Associate Judge, and KING, Senior Judge.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

This negligence action arises from a collision between two buses owned and operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("WMATA"). Appellant Dorothy Douglas, a passenger on one of the buses, claimed that the accident caused her to develop cervical disc syndrome in her neck,1 which eventually required surgery. She filed suit against WMATA in the Superior Court, seeking $500,000 in

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