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WASH. METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTH. v. BARKSDALE-SHOWELL

Nos. 06-CV-1106, 06-CV-1178.

965 A.2d 16 (2009)

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Patricia M. BARKSDALE-SHOWELL, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 19, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Heppen, with whom Carol O'Keeffe, Mark Sullivan, and Gerard Stief were on the brief, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Jack Gold, with whom Lawrence Lapidus, and Douglas Sparks were on the brief, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge, and TERRY, Senior Judge.

BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:

A jury awarded Patricia Barksdale-Showell damages for injuries she suffered as a result of her fall down an escalator at Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("WMATA")'s Anacostia station, under the theory that WMATA was negligent in failing to warn of the dangerous wet condition on the escalator. On appeal, WMATA contends that the trial court erred in denying its post-trial Motion...

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