Legal Opinion
Riel v. United States
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided March 11, 2021No. 2:19-cv-01301Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN CHERYL A. RIEL, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 19-cv-1301 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. DECISION AND ORDER We all know the saying, “look before you leap.” This action presents the question of who is responsible for what happens if a person doesn’t abide that admonition. Plaintiff Cheryl Riel admittedly did not follow that advice, and as a result her foot was run over by a United States Postal truck. Riel brought this lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), against defendant United States of America,…
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