FLICKINGER v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 81-913.

523 F.Supp. 1372 (1981)

Ruth FLICKINGER, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America and Cowansville Area Health Clinic, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

October 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome D. Lombardi, David F. Megnin, Kittanning, Pa., for plaintiff.

Joel B. Strauss, Pittsburgh, Pa., George R. Kepple, Kittanning, Pa., for defendants.


OPINION

COHILL, District Judge.

This personal injury action, now before this court on the government's motion to dismiss, once again illustrates the pitfalls often encountered by unwary private litigants suing employees of the federal government.

The facts of this case, as set forth in plaintiff's complaint, are rather simple. On Saturday, February 24, 1979, plaintiff Ruth Flickinger, a resident of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, stepped on a thumb...

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