KANGLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-3856.

788 F.2d 533 (1986)

Muriel KANGLEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 10, 1986.

Designated for Publication April 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manza, Moceri, Gustafson & Messina, P.S., John S. Glassman, Michael S. Manza, Tacoma, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee.

Gene S. Anderson, U.S. Atty., Marie G. Creson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tacoma, Wash., for defendant-appellant.

Before WRIGHT, CANBY and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.


WIGGINS, Circuit Judge.

The United States (government) appeals from the district court's award of $145,855.60 to Muriel Kangley (Kangley) in her Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) action. The government assigns error to a number of the district court's findings of fact and conclusions of law. Because we find one of the government's claims dispositive of this appeal, we do not address its other claims.

I. FACTS

On January 6, 1982, Kangley went to Madigan...

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