Mary Hammann, as Personal Representative for the Estate of Bradley Hammann v. United States of America and Barron County, Wisconsin

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

This case arises from the tragic death of Bradley Hammann on his family’s dairy farm in Western Wisconsin. Mr. Hammann was asphyxiated when he ventured into a manure reception pit looking for his missing three year old daughter, who he apparently thought might have wandered into the pit. His widow, Mary Hammann-Stauner, brought this wrongful death action against the United States and Barron County, Wisconsin, contending that the defendants had negligently failed to ensure that the reception pit was constructed with an appropriate cover and to apprise Mr.…