Legal Opinion
Kendall Norman v. United States of America, Third-Party v. Elwyn Industries, And/or Elwyn, Inc., Third-Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 11, 1997No. 96-1645PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
The question for decision in this appeal from dismissal of the claim for want of subject matter jurisdiction brought in an action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act is whether the activity complained of comes within a recognized exception to the Act. The Plaintiff claimed that he slipped and fell in the Ceremonial Court Corridor of the William J. Green Federal Braiding and the Byrne Courthouse Building in Philadelphia because a film of water and ice was on the floor at the entrance to the building.
The Federal Tort Claims Act vests exclusive…
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