Michael Belton v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a party may waive its opponent's waiver of an argument by not raising it on appeal
• holding that a party may waive its opponent's waiver of an argu- ment by not raising it on appeal
• applying District of Columbia law to a tort claim after plaintiff was run over by WMATA bus in D.C.
• applying District of Columbia law to a tort claim after plaintiff was run over by WMATA bus in D.C.
• decision to require retrial based upon one issue makes other issue \moot as a practical matter although not in the strict sense\
• decision to require retrial based upon one issue makes other issue “moot as a practical matter although not in the strict sense”

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