MILLER v. UNITED STATES DEPT. OF INTERIOR

No. G83-724 CA7.

649 F.Supp. 444 (1986)

Jerry E. MILLER, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, S.D.

November 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Phillips, Walton, Smith, Phillips & Dixon, Traverse City, Mich., for plaintiff.

John A. Smietanka, U.S. Atty., by Julie Woods, Ass't U.S. Atty., Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendants.


OPINION

HILLMAN, Chief Judge.

This action was brought by plaintiff, Jerry Miller, against defendant, United States of America, under the Federal Tort Claims Act to recover damages for personal injuries plaintiff sustained on August 5, 1980 when he jumped or fell from a rope swing into the Platte River in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Park, a national park located in northwest Michigan.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Park was authorized...

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