SAN FRANCISCO - A man is suing BART for an injury that allegedly occurred while getting on an elevator.
Cody Carter filed a lawsuit on Jan. 27 in the San Francisco Superior Court against the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) and Does 1 through 100 fpr dangerous conditions of public property and vicarious liability.
According to the lawsuit, on Jan. 3, 2020, Carter was getting into an elevator at a BART station and walked into the elevator arms first, when the elevator door shut on his arm. Carter claims the incident was due to a defective automatic sliding door.
Carter seeks a judgment for past and future special damages, past and future general damages, interest allowable by law and cost of suit. Carter is represented by David Cienfuegos of Los Angeles.
San Francisco Superior Court case number CGC-22-597853