Carlson v. United States

CAMPBELL, District Judge.

This is an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346. The complaint alleges that plaintiff broke several bones in her ankle when she slipped and fell in the vestibule of the Lake View Post Office in the City of Chicago. A trial of the cause was had upon the merits, and the matter was thereupon taken under advisement upon the briefs of the parties.

The vestibule may be described in the following manner, as indicated by the evidence: Opposite the door leading into the building is a marble slab with glass above it; three steps lead up into the interior…