Legal Opinion
Mahon v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 7, 2011No. Civil Action 10-11611-WGYPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WILLIAM G. YOUNG, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
The plaintiff, Michael Mahon (“Mahon”), brings this suit against the United States of America, Eastern National, and Amelia Occasions, Inc. Mahon alleges that unsafe guardrails at the Commandant’s House of the Charlestown Navy Yard caused him to fall from a portico and suffer severe injuries. The United States moved to dismiss the claim against it, arguing that the claim was barred by the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act’s waiver of sovereign immunity. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346, 2680(a). At an oral…
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