United States DC Circuit

Sovereign immunity shields a transit authority from liability for the design of warning signs on its trains, in a personal injury suit challenging the adequacy of the signs' warnings.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/07/2002
• Decided 01/14/2003
• Published 01/14/2003

Judges

• Before:  RANDOLPH and ROGERS, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bruce P. Heppen, Associate General Counsel, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, argued the cause for appellant.   With him on the briefs were Cheryl C. Burke, General Counsel, Robert J. Kniaz, Deputy General Counsel, and Gerard J. Stief, Frederic H. Schuster, and Mark F. Sullivan, Associates General Counsel.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephan H. Peskin argued the cause and filed the brief for appellee.