Legal Opinion
Price A. Baum Margaret Leedy v. United States v. Michael A. Massey, Third Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 23, 1993No. 91-1608PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to examine the scope of the discretionary function exception to the limited waiver of sovereign immunity provided for in the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680 (FTCA or the Act). Appellants Price A. Baum and Margaret Leedy were injured in an automobile accident in which their vehicle penetrated a guardrail on a bridge over the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, causing them to fall to the roadway below. The bridge and guardrail system was owned and maintained by the United States Department of Interior, National Park Service. Baum…
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