Donald CHAFFIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; Martin Marietta Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellees

SCHROEDER, Circuit judge:

Donald Chaffin was badly mauled and disfigured when a polar bear burst through a window of the living quarters of a remote Alaskan Long Range Radar System (“LRRS”) site. Chaffin, at the time, was an employee of a contractor, but the site was owned by the United States Air Force. Chaffin sued the United States for negligence under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-80. The district court ruled that the government was immune from any liability for the design of the living quarters because the design fell within the discretionary function…