Mahnke v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

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• concluding that negligence per se did not preclude the raising of a contributory negligence defense
• holding that the defendant’s violation of a traffic regulation does not bar the contributory negligence defense because, under D.C. law, both drivers and pedestrians have “a duty ‘to keep a proper lookout’” (citations omitted)
• stating that Fed. R. Evid. 407 barred evidence of bus driver's discharge
• excluding investigation leading to discharge of bus driver involved in collision
• excluding investigation leading to discharge of bus driver involved in collision

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