Myrtle Brister Salim and Sam Salim v. United States

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

This action was brought in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana by Myrtle Brister Salim and her husband, Sam T. Salim, under the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq., to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Salim while attempting to descend the icy steps of a United States Post Office in Leesville, Louisiana. Although the district court found that the Government was negligent and that such negligence was a proximate cause of the accident, the court held that Mrs. Salim was barred from…