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LARSEN v. EMPRESAS EL YUNQUE, INC.

No. 86-1433.

812 F.2d 14 (1986)

Helen LARSEN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. EMPRESAS EL YUNQUE, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Santiago-Villalonga, Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Law Offices of Nachman & Fernandez-Sein, Santurce, P.R., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Eduardo E. Toro-Font, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before COFFIN, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This is a Federal Tort Claims Act case. Plaintiff-appellant Helen Larsen appeals from the grant of summary judgment to defendant-appellee United States. Larsen fell and was injured on the premises of a restaurant, "Empresas El Yunque, Inc.," located in the Caribbean National Forest, more commonly known as "El Yunque." El Yunque, which is a tropical rain forest, is located in Puerto Rico and, like all National Forests, is owned and controlled...

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