Legal Opinion
Jones v. United States
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided July 11, 2016No. Case No. 15-C-720PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*851DECISION AND ORDER
William C. Griesbach, Chief Judge
In this action Plaintiff Karen Jones alleges that the Department of Veterans Affairs was negligent when it allowed a rolling chair to be present in the. carpeted waiting room of a clinic it operated in Appleton, Wisconsin. This court denied the Defendants’ motion to dismiss because it was conceivable some facts could emerge that would allow a factfinder to find negligence. The Defendants have now moved for summary judgment, arguing that discovery has produced no facts from which negligence could reasonably be inferred. For the reasons given…
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