Legal Opinion
Gaitskill v. United States
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided March 16, 1955No. Civ. A. No. T-817PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Dora Gaitskill, a Kansas citizen, brings this action against the United States pursuant to the Tort Claims Act to recover damages for personal injuries she received when she slipped and fell on a snow-covered hospital ramp while visiting her husband who was a patient at the Winters Veterans’ Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Plaintiff alleges that her injuries were directly caused by the negligence of Government hospital employees in failing to take proper precautionary steps to make the ramp in question safe for walking. By way of defense, the Government…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Parks v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
- Gryning v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
- St. Mary's Hospital v. ScanlonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- Ade v. City of WichitaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1935
- Dunfee v. City of IolaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1914
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Walters v. St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kansas · 1997
- Ex Parte WootenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1996
- Raymond v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1996
- Golden v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1968
- Ex Parte WootenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1996
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