Cole v. United States

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff instituted this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), on July 12, 1954, seeking damages in the sum of $20,000 for personal injuries allegedly sustained on September 26, 1953, when the flooring of a porch in a dwelling house, owned, operated and controlled by defendant, gave way and caused the plaintiff, an occupant of said dwelling house, to fall.

The accident was verbally reported to the Housing Manager of the project within a few days thereafter. Subsequently, plaintiff’s son secured a form for the purpose of filing an…