With a partner at the firm representing him, a Williams & Connolly senior associate has sued the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority for $50 million over a Metro station injury that allegedly left him unable to work.

The associate, Kevin LoVecchio, claims he hasn’t worked since a metal pole fell on him at the Metro Center station near his office in August 2015. The pole “violently struck” him in the head as he was getting on the underground escalator to leave the station at 13th Street and G Street Northwest, the lawsuit alleges.