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LONDONO v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANS. AUTHORITY

No. 84-5603.

766 F.2d 569 (1985)

Sandra I. LONDONO and Jessica Londono, Appellants, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael I. Rieger, Arlington, Va., for appellants.

Thomas Fortune Fay, Olney, Md., for appellee.

Before MIKVA and STARR, Circuit Judges, and McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.

STARR, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of a personal injury sustained by a young child on an escalator operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("WMATA"). The plaintiffs' case rested on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, but the District Court concluded that they could not establish facts sufficient to permit a jury verdict for them

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