Legal Opinion
Watt v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 26, 1978No. Civ. A. 76-1780PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CURRAN, District Judge.
This action against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act seeks to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff as a result of a fall on steps in the fountain area facing the north door of the Museum of History and Technology of the Smithsonian Institution, an entity of the United States Government. The court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b).
The plaintiff, Hazel D. Watt, a resident of New York, New York, had visited the Museum with her daughter and departed through the north door at about 2:45 p. m. on April 16, 1975, a…
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