WMATA v. SEYMOUR

No. 106, September Term, 2004.

874 A.2d 973 (2005)

387 Md. 217

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY v. Josephine SEYMOUR and Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janice L. Cole, Asst. Gen. Counsel (Carol B. O'Keeffe, Acting Gen. Counsel, Mark F. Sullivan, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Gerard J. Stief, Assoc. Gen. Counsel of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, on brief), Washington, DC, for petitioner.

Michael J. Perticone (Hardwick & Harris, LLP, on brief), Baltimore, Robyn B. Lupo (Eric S. Slatkin & Associates, on brief), Burtonsville, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and GREENE, JJ.


CATHELL, J.

The case before us concerns an incident involving a Metrobus belonging to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("WMATA"), petitioner, and the injury that Ms. Josephine Seymour, respondent, a passenger on the Metrobus, sustained when the bus came to a sudden and abrupt stop.

Seymour filed suit in the District Court of Maryland sitting in Prince George's County against WMATA and the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund — Uninsured...

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