Legal Opinion
Fisher v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 30, 2010No. Civil Action 06-12304-JGDPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
DEIN, United States Magistrate Judge.
OVERVIEW
This case involves an accident which occurred on July 22, 2004 while the plaintiff, Guy Fisher, was repairing the HVAC system at the Brockton VA hospital. Fisher suffered an electrical shock when his hand came in contact with exposed wires in an uncovered junction box in a crawl space above a refrigeration unit that Fisher was repairing. Fisher claims that the VA was negligent, and that he suffered permanent, debilitating injuries in the form of epilepsy as a result of the accident. He has not worked since…
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