Legal Opinion
Rains v. United States
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided July 19, 1990No. CIV-88-153CPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BACKGROUND
CURTIN, District Judge.
Plaintiff Peter Rains brought this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671, et seq. The plaintiff is seeking monetary damages for injuries he suffered when he fell into a “manhole” or “inspection hole” located on a breakwater in Buffalo Harbor that is maintained by the federal government. 1 According to the complaint, the plaintiff had traveled to the breakwater by boat in order to have a picnic on the structure. At the close of limited discovery relating to the issue of liability, see Item 8, the government filed the motion for…
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