Legal Opinion
Piligian v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 14, 1986No. Civ. A. 84-2419-YPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
YOUNG, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Dorothy Piligian (“Piligian”), brought this suit against the United States for injuries she allegedly sustained at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. In her one count negligence complaint Piligian alleges that the United States failed to provide reasonably safe folding chairs, and that as a result the chair on which she sat collapsed and caused her injury. This Court’s jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). After the close of plaintiff’s evidence as to liability the United States moved, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil…
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