GIBSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 80-1017.

671 F.2d 204 (1982)

Helen R. GIBSON and Charles E. Gibson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. J. Michael Cody, U. S. Atty., Timothy R. DiScenza, Memphis, Tenn., Robert S. Greenspan, Civ. Div., Appellate Staff, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellant.

James D. Senter, III, Humboldt, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, KENNEDY, Circuit Judge, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Chief Judge.

Helen and Charles Gibson brought suit for injuries Mrs. Gibson suffered when she slipped and fell on some rice scattered on the aisleway of a Navy Commissary in Millington, Tennessee, operated by the United States Navy.

The United States, as defendant-appellant in this suit, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) (1976), contends that under Tennessee law plaintiffs proved no facts which serve to...

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