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Burns v. Wash. Metro. Area Transit Auth.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Jan 7, 2013
503 F. App'x 214 (4th Cir. 2013)

Summary

granting summary judgment on assumption of risk, in part, because plaintiff used same icy staircase three days in a row before slipping

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Opinion

No. 12-1903

01-07-2013

RAYMOND S. BURNS, JR., Plaintiff - Appellant, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant - Appellee, and COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA; NORTHERN VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION; NORTHERN VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Defendants.

Kevin M. Leach, TURBITT, O'HERRON & LEACH, PLLC, Burke, Virginia, for Appellant. Nicholas S. Nunzio, Jr., Associate General Counsel, Carol B. O'Keeffe, General Counsel, Gerard J. Stief, Senior Associate General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Appellee.


UNPUBLISHED

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior District Judge. (1:12-cv-00123-CMH-TRJ) Before AGEE, DAVIS, and WYNN, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Kevin M. Leach, TURBITT, O'HERRON & LEACH, PLLC, Burke, Virginia, for Appellant. Nicholas S. Nunzio, Jr., Associate General Counsel, Carol B. O'Keeffe, General Counsel, Gerard J. Stief, Senior Associate General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Raymond S. Burns, Jr. appeals the district court's order granting the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's motion for summary judgment on his negligence complaint. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Burns v. Wash. Metro. Area Transit Auth., No. 1:12-cv-00123-CMH-TRJ (E.D. Va. July 13, 2012). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED


Summaries of

Burns v. Wash. Metro. Area Transit Auth.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Jan 7, 2013
503 F. App'x 214 (4th Cir. 2013)

granting summary judgment on assumption of risk, in part, because plaintiff used same icy staircase three days in a row before slipping

Summary of this case from Manchanda v. Hays Worldwide, LLC
Case details for

Burns v. Wash. Metro. Area Transit Auth.

Case Details

Full title:RAYMOND S. BURNS, JR., Plaintiff - Appellant, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Jan 7, 2013

Citations

503 F. App'x 214 (4th Cir. 2013)

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