Legal Opinion
Monroe E. Berkman v. United States of America, & Third Party v. Arrow General, Incorporated, Third Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 20, 1992No. 91-3037PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
While disembarking from a mobile lounge to the terminal at Washington’s Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia, Monroe E. Berkman slipped on hydraulic fluid that escaped from a door mechanism and fell, injuring himself. He sued the United States for negligence under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680 (1988), as the airport facilities were owned and operated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation. The district court concluded that the negligence, if any, was that of an independent…
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