Zurba v. United States

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

KENNELLY, District Judge.

In this case under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 2674, the Court previously found the United States 33 y¿% liable after a trial limited to the issue of liability. 1 The Court has just con- eluded a trial concerning the issue of damages. This constitutes the Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(a).

On the morning January 11, 1995, plaintiff Ludmilla (Lucy) Zurba was standing on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Ohio Street in Chicago, waiting to cross the…