Fells v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting testimony of “‘strong’ stopping force” and evidence of plaintiffs injury were insufficient to raise inference of negligence
• affirming directed verdict for defendant on similar facts because the elderly passenger “knew or should have know that it would be dangerous to change seats under all the circumstances” (footnote omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Robinson v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
  D.C. Circuit· 2014-12-19· cited 39×
• Robinson v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
  District of Columbia· 2013-04-23· cited 12×
• Cameroon Whiteru v. WMATA
  D.C. Circuit· 2022-02-11· cited 9×
• Boyko v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1983-10-24· cited 8×
• Carolyn P. Harvey v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Oliver Battle Carolyn P. Harvey v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-03-31· cited 1×
• Whiteru v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
  District of Columbia· 2020-08-14

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. James G. Davis Construction Corp.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1976-01-12· cited 49×
• Gaither v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1975-02-26· cited 40×
• Wiggins v. Capital Transit Company
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1956-04-19· cited 16×
• D. C. Transit System, Inc. v. Perry
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1975-04-29· cited 7×
• Butler v. McCalip
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1947-07-25· cited 3×