Legal Opinion
Harper v. United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 6, 1996No. CV-94-1197PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GLASSER, District Judge:
SUMMARY
Plaintiff brings this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (28.U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-80) for injuries sustained as a result of a slip and fall on a wet floor inside a post office.
' The defendant moves the comb for summary judgment, on the ground that the slip and fall occurred while it was raining outside, and that, under New York law, the Government had no duty to correct the wet floor condition until after the rainfall stopped.
BACKGROUND
For the purpose of this motion the following material facts are assumed to be true 1
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- Richards v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Basso v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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