# Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. Jones

> District of Columbia Court of Appeals · March 24, 1982 · 443 A.2d 45

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9754020

## Case

- **Full name:** WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Et Al., Appellants, v. Brenda E. JONES, Et Al., Appellees
- **Court:** District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** March 24, 1982
- **Citations:** 443 A.2d 45; 1982 D.C. App. LEXIS 314
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Belson
- **Judges:** Newman, Kelly, Kern, Nebeker, Harris, MacK, Ferren, Pryor, Belson
- **Cited by:** 43 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- describing contributory negligence as a matter of law as “the exceptional case”
- noting that the jury weighs witness credibility and resolves disputes regarding speed and distances

## Opinion text

BELSON, Associate Judge,
dissenting:
I concur in Judge Kern’s dissent. I add my view that the dissent’s correct conclusion that appellee driver was, as a matter of law, not entitled to recover by reason of contributory negligence on her part which proximately caused the collision, would not affect the right of her passengers to recover. Her contributory negligence could not, under the circumstances here, be imputed to her passengers. Peake v. Ramsey, D.C. Mun.App., 43 A.2d 763 (1945).

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