Legal Opinion
Lauer v. United States
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided August 30, 1991No. Civ. No. 89-1649 (JP)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PIERAS, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a United States Naval Serviceman, brought a negligence action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671, et seq. Plaintiff was a pedestrian on liberty walking on Tarawa Road which was owned and maintained by the United States Navy when he was struck by a motor vehicle and fractured his left tibia and fibula, his right fibula, suffered a right frontal lobe brain hemorrhage and other concomitant brain injuries. The accident occurred at nighttime and plaintiff alleged that the defendant had a duty to provide lighting and/or a sidewalk…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Stephen P. Lauer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
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