DOE v. UNITED STATES

No. 82-5578.

718 F.2d 1039 (1983)

Jane DOE, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Marcus, U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Eloise E. Davies, Civ. Div., Appellate Section, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

Philip M. Gerson, P.A., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before KRAVITCH and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and LYNNE, District Judge.


LYNNE, District Judge:

This is an appeal from an award of damages made pursuant to a finding that plaintiff-appellee, Jane Doe, had been injured by the negligence of defendant-appellant, the United States. The District Court, 533 F.Supp. 245, found that the Government owed a duty of care to plaintiff, that it breached such duty, that plaintiff's injuries were proximately caused by its negligence, and that plaintiff could maintain...

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