Nofsinger v. United States

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

EARL E. O’CONNOR, Chief Judge.

This matter comes before the court on defendant’s motion for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 1 Plaintiffs, a husband and wife, brought this Federal Tort Claims action against defendant, the United States, to recover for personal injuries allegedly sustained by the wife while she was employed at a government-owned ammunition plant. For the following reasons, the court concludes that defendant’s motion must be granted.

The pertinent facts are: At the time of' her injury, plaintiff, Carol Nofsinger,…