Legal Opinion
Navarette v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 29, 2007No. 05-16915PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge FISHER; Dissent by Judge RYMER.
FISHER, Circuit Judge:
Ricardo Navarette was severely injured when he fell off a cliff at a campground operated by the Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) near Lake Sonoma in northern California. Alleging that the campground staff had been negligent in failing to undertake safety precautions after a “use path” had developed that led directly from his campsite to the cliffs edge, Na-varette sued the government for damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). The district court granted summary judgment for the government, finding that the…
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