Legal Opinion
David Floyd v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 2, 1990No. 89-1635PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, David Floyd, appeals from the dismissal of his suit for failure to effect timely service of his summons and complaint. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(j). For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
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BACKGROUND
On February 26, 1986, David Floyd fell in the parking lot at the Gallipolis Lock on the Ohio River, an area owned and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Seeking to recover damages for injuries allegedly suffered from the fall, Mr. Floyd filed a timely claim with the Corps of Engineers…
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