Opinion ID: 777663
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The METRO had negligently left Escalator Three disassembled pending repair;

Text: 9 3. The METRO had negligently failed to warn its Bethesda patrons of the conditions on July 20, 1998; 10 4. The METRO's signage and illumination (the alleged design defects) failed to comply with the requirements of the ANSI Code; 4 11 5. The METRO had negligently failed to repair and maintain Escalators Two and Three. 12 Upon its consideration of the METRO's summary judgment request, and the assertions and related submissions of the parties on the legal and factual issues relating thereto, the district court declined to resolve the case fully in favor of the METRO. Smith v. Washington Metro. Area Transit Auth., 133 F.Supp.2d 395 (D.Md. 2001) (the Opinion). It concluded, inter alia, that the METRO's alleged failure to repair and maintain its escalators was not within its immunity protection. The court determined, however, that the METRO was entitled to immunity for the design of signage and illumination at its Bethesda station, which was alleged to violate the ANSI Code. The court also ruled in favor of the METRO on what it called the alleged statutory violations because Smith had failed to forecast sufficient evidence to warrant the conclusion that violations of the ANSI Code had proximately caused his death. The METRO has appealed the court's decision declining to fully recognize its immunity claim in this case.