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TINSLEY & HODGE v. WMATA.

Nos. 1, 25, September Term, 2012.

55 A.3d 663 (2012)

429 Md. 217

Veronica TINSLEY v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY. Kim Hodge v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

October 26, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Taglieri (Cadeaux, Taglieri & Notarius, P.C., Washington, DC), on brief, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

Gerard J. Stief, Sr. Associate Gen. Counsel (Carol B. O'Keefe, Gen. Counsel, Mark F. Sullivan, Deputy General Counsel, and Nicholas L. Phucas, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, DC), on brief, for respondent/cross-petitioner.

H. David Leibensperger, Berman, Sobin, Gross, Feldman & Darby, LLP, Towson, MD, for amicus curiae brief of the Maryland Association for Justice.

James S. Liskow (DeCaro, Doran, Siciliano, Gallagher & DeBlasis, LLP, Bowie, MD), on brief, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Gerard J. Stief, Sr. Associate Gen. Counsel (Carol B. O'Keefe, Gen. Counsel, Mark F. Sullivan, Deputy General Counsel, and Janice L. Cole, Associate General Counsel, Washington, DC), on brief, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, BARBERA, and MCDONALD, JJ.

BATTAGLIA, J.

This consolidated opinion resolves two cases heard by this Court concerning the appropriate scope of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) immunity from suit. In both cases, Veronica Tinsley and Kim Hodge, Petitioners herein, slipped, fell, and were injured at WMATA operated metrorail stations. They present a common question of whether their claims are barred by Section 80 of the WMATA Compact, Section 10-204(80) of the Transportation...

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