WILSON v. WMATA

No. 04-CV-1113.

912 A.2d 1186 (2006)

Helen WILSON, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Temple, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Fredric H. Schuster, for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, and REID and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges.


BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:

At issue in this case is whether the trial judge correctly granted appellee Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law, overturning a $70,000.00 jury verdict in appellant Helen Wilson's (Ms. Wilson) favor. Appellant filed a complaint against WMATA alleging that while exiting a WMATA bus through the back door she slipped and fell on the steps of the bus and suffered injuries. After...

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