LOWE v. UNITED STATES

No. 79-2229. Summary Calendar.

611 F.2d 76 (1980)

Clayton G. LOWE and Lucille Lowe, his wife, Plaintiffs, Clayton G. Lowe, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean, Ringers, Morgan & Lawton, Roy B. Dalton, Jr., Orlando, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Mark L. Horwitz, Asst. U. S. Atty., Orlando, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before RONEY, KRAVITCH and TATE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Clayton G. Lowe was employed by a subcontractor to a general contractor engaged in building a facility for the United States Government at Kennedy Space Center. He was injured while descending from a construction trailer on temporary cement block steps constructed by his employer. He sued the Government, as landlord of the facility, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S. C.A. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680. After a bench trial, the district court...

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