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MR. MATES: And in that case the plaintiff was
2 shot at the bus station. The bus station -- you have the
3 Metrorail System basically right here, Judge. And the bus
4 station is right here. Within the fence area. They're
5 side-by-side.
6 The plaintiff in that case was never a patron of
7 the Metrorail. He was going from one bus to another. He
8 was waiting for the transfer when he was shot and he
9 brought an action against 50 States Security and the
10 trial -- the trial court in Dade County granted the motion
11 for summary judgment saying there was no duty owed to him
12 because he was never a patron of the Metrorail System and
13 that went up on appeal and was a procurement affirmed. I
14 showed you the brief and I showed you the PCA. This case
15 is so much different. To me, it's so much more clearer
16 because he wasn't even inside the fenced area.
17 But, in any event, he certainly was not a patron
18 of the Metrorail System.
19 THE COURT: That grassy area where he said in
20 Spanish and then in English this is where he fell after he
21 was shot, I thought there was a fence around that.
22 MR. MATES: There's a fence.
23 THE COURT: So who owns that property?
24 MR. MATES: Dade County owns that property.
25 THE COURT: And you can establish, as a matter of