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Metro Stabbing

The D.C. transit authority cannot be held liable for failing to prevent an argument on a bus from escalating into a fight that ended with a fatal stabbing, a federal judge ruled. However, the victim’s mother may have a claim that the station agent failed to timely call for medical help.

WASHINGTON — The D.C. transit authority cannot be held liable for failing to prevent an argument on a bus from escalating into a fight that ended with a fatal stabbing, a federal judge ruled. However, the victim’s mother may have a claim that the station agent failed to timely call for medical help.

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