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- Title: Charron Mckethean v. Washington
- Author : District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
- Release Date : January 29, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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This case arose from an accident which killed seven persons and injured two more. All of the victims were struck by an automobile
while standing at a bus stop at Third and M Streets, S.E. The injured parties and representatives of the deceased victims
filed negligence actions against the driver of the car, the owner of the car (the driver's brother), and the Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The District of Columbia was later added as a co-defendant. Included in one complaint was
a claim by a relative of two of the victims for negligent infliction of emotional distress. The claims were eventually consolidated
in an amended complaint, and after extensive discovery and the filing of several motions, the trial court granted WMATA's
and the District's motions for summary judgment. The court then granted a motion for entry of judgment under Super. Ct. Civ.
R. 54(b), thereby making its order appealable, 1 and stayed the proceedings with respect to the other defendants pending
the outcome of this appeal by all of the plaintiffs. Appellants contend that the court erred in ruling (1) that WMATA and
the District were immune from tort liability for their injuries, (2) that the driver of the car was an unforeseeable intervening
cause of the accident, and (3) that no recovery could be had for emotional distress against WMATA and the District. We reject
all their arguments and affirm the trial court's judgment. I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
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