Legal Opinion
Annie M. Martin v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 30, 1955No. 12424PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
In the afternoon of August 25, 1950, the appellant, Annie M. Martin, her twelve-year-old granddaughter and two other girls of that age were on the Washington Monument grounds. They were tossing a ball to one another and the appellant, in attempting to catch it, stepped backward onto a manhole cover. The cover tilted and her left leg plunged its full length into the manhole, the other leg remaining on the surface.
The appellant brought this suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Stewart v. Carpet Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- Firfer Et Ux. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Washington Loan & Trust Co. v. HickeyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- Arthur v. Standard Engineering Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Hackett v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1970
- Andrews v. FornessDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
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