Legal Opinion

Loretta Dix v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided November 21, 1961No. 290, Docket 26661PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRUCHHAUSEN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Loretta Dix, appeals from a judgment for defendant in an action for personal injuries brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). The complaint alleged that the United States was negligent in removing the snow from in front of outside mailboxes located on the grounds of its post office in the Village of North Syracuse, New York, leaving patches and lumps of ice, and that it was also negligent in placing the boxes without any regular sidewalk leading thereto and without adequate illumination for night use. The action was tried without…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. The American Exchange Bank of Madison, Wisconsin, as of the Estate of Pauline H. Williams, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1958
  2. United States v. HullCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1952
  3. Moore v. . GadsdenNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
  4. Moore v. . GadsdenNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  5. Falina v. Hollis Diner, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1952

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Vivian P. Boe, for Herself and for the Benefit of Donald Boe and Andrew Boe, Her Minor Children v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
  2. Loretta Dix v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961

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