Chambers v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ROBERT CHAMBERS, Plaintiff, 21-CV-1087-LJV-HKS v. DECISION & ORDER UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. BACKGROUND Roberts Chambers brought this action against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) for injuries he sustained after falling at the Buffalo Veterans Affairs Administration Medical Center. Docket Item 1 at ¶¶ 5, 10-19. Chambers alleged that he tripped over a negligently placed “wet floor cone” and broke his elbow. Id. at ¶¶ 18-20. On December 3, 2021, the government answered Chambers’s complaint, Docket…