Legal Opinion
Platts v. United States
District Court, D. Maine
Decided April 28, 1987No. Civ. 86-0037 PPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GENE CARTER, District Judge.
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
In this action arising under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680 (1982), Plaintiffs Robert and Mary Platts seek damages for an injury to Mr. Platts’s back allegedly caused on August 17, 1984 by the negligence of Defendant United States Postal Service in its maintenance of an overhead garage door located in the Post Office building in Bath, Maine. The Court had previously ordered bifurcation of the trial and thus has before it only the question of liability.
I. FINDINGS OF FACT
In 1984, Mr. Platts was employed as a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. MunizSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Poulin v. Colby CollegeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- Isaacson v. Husson CollegeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- Ginn v. Penobscot CompanySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
- Ginn v. Penobscot CompanySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
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3Cited by7 opinions
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