Legal Opinion
Girdler v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 12, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2010-1807PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
BERYL A. HOWELL, District Judge.
The plaintiffs, Beatrice Girdler and her spouse, Ronald Girdler, brought this action pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b) and 2671, et seg., seeking damages for injuries sustained by Mrs. Girdler on October 3, 2008, when she fell on the sidewalk next to the defendant Smithsonian Institution’s (“Smithsonian”) National Air & Space Museum (“NASM”). The plaintiffs claim that the Smithsonian was negligent in maintaining, inspecting, remediating and forewarning pedestrians about a defect in the…
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