Timothy Maloney, Bridget Cardinale, and Deborah Jaffe represent Rashawn Williams and his family in a lawsuit against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
The lawsuit stems from allegations that Rashawn Williams, a man with Down syndrome, became trapped inside a secured Area of Refuge at the Glenmont Metro Station for six days after Metro personnel failed to assist him and did not conduct required daily inspections of the area.
The Washington Post featured the case in an exclusive story after the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland denied WMATA’s motion to dismiss. The Court found that the plaintiffs sufficiently alleged claims for negligence, disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and disability discrimination under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, allowing the case to move forward.
Maloney told The Washington Post:
“The federal court’s opinion should be a wake-up call to WMATA, which has apparently learned nothing from what happened to Rashawn. As long as WMATA denies responsibility for disabled patrons like Rashawn, more tragedies are likely in the future.”
