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JONES v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Civ. A. No. 89-1259 (CRR).

742 F.Supp. 24 (1990)

Viola C. JONES, Plaintiff, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 7, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward C. Bou, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Janet Rubin Landesberg, Robert J. Kniaz, and Robert L. Polk, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

The plaintiff is suing the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("WMATA") for personal injuries sustained when the heel of her shoe became caught in the slot of an escalator tread at the L'Enfant Plaza Metro station, causing her to fall two steps.1 The plaintiff alleges that: (a) WMATA breached its duty to design reasonably safe escalators; (b) WMATA breached its...

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