John Legrand v. United States

OPINION *

RENDELL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant John Legrand challenges the final judgment entered by the District Court in favor of Appellant awarding him damages in the amount of $2,500.00, but refusing to grant him emotional damages. For the following reasons, we will affirm.

I

Legrand, an inmate formerly incarcerated at the Canaan United States Penitentiary in Waymart, Pennsylvania (USP Canaan), filed a negligence action against the United States pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. Section 2671, et seq. The case arose from a salmonella-poisoning outbreak that occurred while…