February 27, 2026
A divided D.C. Circuit panel on Friday revived a negligence suit against D.C. Metro over the 2013 death of a lawyer who was intoxicated when he fell off a subway platform, saying a trial court can reassess what the transit agency might've known about the lawyer's presence or condition in the station.
January 02, 2024
The D.C. Circuit has asked the District of Columbia's highest court to determine whether its transit agency can be held liable for the 2013 death of a lawyer who was intoxicated when he fell off a subway platform, saying the case raises an issue of first impression for defining the negligence standard.
October 20, 2023
A D.C. Circuit Court judge has suggested that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority should consider having employees constantly monitoring security cameras, and that a jury could decide whether not doing so makes the agency liable in the 2013 death of a Washington attorney.
June 07, 2023
The parents of a lawyer who died after falling off a subway platform have told the D.C. Circuit that Washington, D.C.'s transit agency is liable for negligence, rejecting arguments that their son was a "trespasser" who wasn't owed a heightened duty of care.
May 17, 2023
Washington, D.C.'s transit agency has told the D.C. Circuit that it cannot be held liable for the tragic 2013 death of a lawyer who was intoxicated when he fell off a subway platform, saying the lawyer was a "trespasser" who wasn't owed a heightened duty of care.