WATT v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 76-1780.

444 F.Supp. 1191 (1978)

Hazel D. WATT, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Schultz and Melinda Gray Murray, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Charles E. Mandolia and Mark S. Landman, Torts Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


OPINION

CURRAN, District Judge.

This action against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act seeks to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff as a result of a fall on steps in the fountain area facing the north door of the Museum of History and Technology of the Smithsonian Institution, an entity of the United States Government. The court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b).

The plaintiff, Hazel D....

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