Legal Opinion
Debbie Mitchell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 28, 2000No. 99-3357PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from the district court’s judgment in favor of Appellee Debbie Mitchell in her complaint brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 1346, requires us to decide whether the National Park Service’s choice not to repair or improve a drainage ditch and concrete head-wall located five feet west of a paved roadway came within the discretionary function exception to the Act so as to immunize the Service from Mitchell’s suit brought after she collided with a head-wall at the end of a drainage ditch.
Under the Federal Tort…
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