JONES v. UNITED STATES

No. 82-2286.

703 F.2d 246 (1983)

Norma F. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Jansen, Habush, Habush & Davis, S.C., Curtis M. Kirkhuff, Madison, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard E. Cohen, Asst. U.S. Atty., John R. Byrnes, U.S. Atty., Madison, Wis., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, and WOOD and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

Following a slip and fall accident on a sidewalk adjacent to a United States Post Office, and after denial of a claim presented to the Postal Service Law Department as required by 28 U.S.C. §§ 2401 and 2675, plaintiff brought suit against the United States pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq., and 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). Plaintiff-appellant now appeals from the district court order granting...

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