Nicola v. National Park Service

MEMORANDUM OPINION

COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, United States District Judge

While visiting Ford’s Theater on June 16, 2011, plaintiff, a resident of Los Angeles, California, alleges that she slipped and fell down 20 steps and suffered “massive bruising down the entire right side of [her] body and head.” Compl. at 1, 2. Plaintiff sues the National Park Service (“NPS”), as manager and operator of the Theater, for negligence. She blames her fall on “the dim lighting in the stairwell, lack of signage advising of such, ... lack of crowd control at the door to the stairwell, and lack of verbal…