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SIBERT-DEAN v. METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 11-7158.

721 F.3d 699 (2013)

Margaretta SIBERT-DEAN, Appellee v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 5, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard J. Stief argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Carol B. O'Keefe and Mark F. Sullivan .

Jacob M. Lebowitz argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Peter C. Grenier .

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge GARLAND.

GARLAND, Chief Judge:

Margaretta Sibert-Dean was injured when the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) bus on which she was riding struck a car. Evidence at trial showed that the bus hit the car because the driver was distracted by the attentions of a group of teenage girls. On appeal, WMATA insists that the district court erred in instructing the jury that it must treat the driver's violations of two District of Columbia traffic regulations as negligence...

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