Legal Opinion
Flickinger v. United States
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 19, 1981No. Civ. A. 81-913PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COHILL, District Judge.
This personal injury action, now before this court on the government’s motion to dismiss, once again illustrates the pitfalls often encountered by unwary private litigants suing employees of the federal government.
The facts of this case, as set forth in plaintiff’s complaint, are rather simple. On Saturday, February 24, 1979, plaintiff Ruth Flickinger, a resident of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, stepped on a thumb tack, causing a puncture wound to the ball of her right foot. She was treated at the Emergency Room of Armstrong County Memorial Hospital. Three days…
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