DANIELS-LUMLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 16597.

306 F.2d 769 (1962)

Dorcas J. DANIELS-LUMLEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles N. Ford, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. William Leavenworth Colby, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Asst. Atty. Gen. William H. Orrick, Jr., and Mr. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee United States of America. Mr. Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, also entered an appearance for appellee United States of America.

Mr. John R. Hess, Asst. Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Prin. Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

Before PHILLIPS, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, and WASHINGTON and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises questions as to the liability of the United States and the District of Columbia for damages for the injuries sustained by the appellant, an employee of the United States, as a result of a fall on a sidewalk in the District.

On December 5, 1957, the plaintiff-appellant was employed in the South Building of the United States Department of Agriculture in the District of Columbia. During her normal working hours on...

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