MAJESKA v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 98-CV-191.

812 A.2d 948 (2002)

Marilyn MAJESKA, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Schneider, Washington, DC, for the appellant.

Mary Connelly, Assistant Corporation Counsel with whom Robert Rigsby, Corporation Counsel at the time brief was filed and Charles Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on brief for appellee.

Before RUIZ, GLICKMAN and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.


WASHINGTON, Associate Judge:

This is a negligence case in which the trial court granted the defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law. Appellant, Marilyn Majeska, contends that the trial court erred. We agree and reverse and remand for a new trial.

I.

On July 31, 1995, Ms. Majeska was involved in an automobile accident when a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) bus struck the side of her vehicle as she was crossing through...

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