WMATA found negligent but not liable in accident as proof of causation fails 

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: December 9, 2012
Tags: jury trial, Law, lawsuit, legal news, metro, Prince George's County, trial, u..s district court, verdicts and settlements, wmata

A Metro bus driver’s negligence in colliding with an automobile on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway two years ago will not cost the transit authority any money, as a federal court jury concluded last week that the plaintiff’s alleged injuries were not proximately caused by the morning rush-hour collision.

Defibrillator used on Metro heart attack victim had weak battery

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 20, 2012
Tags: automated external defibrillator, battery, charge, equipment review, heart attack, metro, richard sarles, wmata

WASHINGTON — Metro officials are checking all 46 automated external defibrillators at stations after a device used on a man having a heart attack had an insufficient battery charge. Metro General Manager and CEO Richard Sarles on Thursday ordered a review of the equipment after Monday’s incident, in which a 51-year-old man died after having [...]

Metro opens public hearings on fare increases

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 27, 2012
Tags: arlington, bethesda chevy chase regional services center, falls church, fare increases, metro, metro fare increase, public hearings, washington, washington metro, wmata

WASHINGTON — Metro has scheduled a series of public hearings to hear from riders about proposed fare increases. The first of the hearings begins Monday evening at Bethesda Chevy Chase Regional Services Center at 7 p.m.. They will continue through March 6. The hearings are required whenever Metro plans a fare increase. Hearings this week [...]

Metro operating fewer trains on holiday

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 20, 2012
Tags: metro, orange line, president's day, Red Line, trains, washington metro, wmata

WASHINGTON — Metro trains are operating on a Saturday schedule as a result of the Presidents Day holiday. Metro opens at 5 a.m. Monday and closes at midnight, the regular weekday times, but trains will run less frequently. Customers expecting to ride Metro trains should also be aware of track work that is continuing through [...]

Metro settles most death suits from 2009 train crash

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 15, 2012
Tags: lawsuits, metro crash, metro deaths, patrick regan, trial, washington, washington metro, wmata

WASHINGTON — The transit agency responsible for the Washington-area Metro train system has settled seven of nine lawsuits by families of people killed in a 2009 train crash that was the deadliest accident in the network’s history. Metro and three other companies that provided equipment involved in the crash have also told a judge they [...]

Metro board votes to hold public hearings on fares

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 27, 2012
Tags: budget shortfall, fare increases, fares, metro, peak times, public hearings, smartrip, washington, wmata

WASHINGTON — Metro’s board has voted to hold required public hearings on a proposed fare increase to address a $116 million budget shortfall. Metro managers have proposed increasing rail and bus peak fares by about 5 percent. Base fares would rise by 10 to 15 cents for riders who use SmarTrip cards. The current rush [...]

Metro to inspect 464 rail cars after brake issue

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 6, 2012
Tags: blue line, dan stessel, friction ring, metro, orange line, rail, stadium-armory, transportation, washington, wmata

WASHINGTON — Metro says it will inspect more than 450 train cars after a break part fell off an orange line train. Metro says a metal disk called a “friction ring” fell off the train Friday around noon near the Stadium-Armory stop. The train, which has 16 friction rings on each car, stopped safely. No [...]

Metro pulls 16 rail cars for potential brake problems

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 22, 2011
Tags: blue line, brakes, maryland, metro, metro rail, rail, trains, Transportation, washington DC, wmata

WASHINGTON — Metro has pulled 16 rail cars out of service as a precaution because they have the same brake equipment as a car that experienced a problem earlier this week. Metro said Wednesday it pulled cars out of service that had brake equipment from the same manufacturing batch as a blue line train that [...]

Opinions – Court of Special Appeals: 12/12/11 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: December 11, 2011
Tags: court of special appeals, MALPF, premises liability, real property, sovereign immunity, wmata

Premises Liability Sovereign immunity BOTTOM LINE: Plaintiff’s slip-and-fall claim against metropolitan transit authority was barred by sovereign immunity under the discretionary function exception, because authority employees were performing discretionary acts in deciding at what time the train platforms were to be cleaned, as well as the manner and means used in so doing. CASE: Washington [...]

Metro creating alert team for bus passengers

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: August 8, 2011
Tags: bus service, communication, metro, metrol rail, Prince George's County, washington, washington metro, wmata

WASHINGTON — Metro says it is adding a three-person team to its communication staff to provide alerts to riders about bus service problems. Spokesman Dan Stessel tells The Washington Examiner that the team will work out of the agency’s bus operations center in Prince George’s County. The group will sit with dispatchers and cameras to find [...]

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