Cintron v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

PEREZ-GIMENEZ, District Judge.

Plaintiff Isabel Cintron filed an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671, et seq., for injuries suffered after a slip and fall at the employee Commissary at Fort Buchanan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Jurisdiction is available pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). '

The Federal Tort Claims Act authorizes negligence actions against the United States Government but requires that the applicable law come from the state where the negligence occurred. See 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). The relevant Puerto Rico law is thus § 5141 of the Puerto Rico Civil…