Helen M. Hungate v. The United States of America

SCOTT O. WRIGHT, District Judge.

This is an appeal from the final order and judgment of the district court dismissing plaintiff’s complaint. Plaintiff brought this suit in the district court under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), to recover for personal injuries sustained when she fell on the sidewalk adjacent to the “Mart Building,” owned by the federal government and maintained by the General Services Administration.

Plaintiff’s third amended complaint, which was dismissed by the district court, is in two counts. Both allege that plaintiff’s fall was due to an accumulation of…