GOLDMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-1619.

790 F.2d 181 (1986)

David GOLDMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1986.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret A. O'Reilly, with whom Budd, Wiley & Richlin, P.C., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Evan Slavitt, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom William F. Weld, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, COFFIN and BREYER, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

David Goldman, his wife Vivian Zamel, and their children Michael and Sarah, brought an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671 et seq. (1982), claiming that the negligence of the United States in failing properly to maintain the plaza by the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston ("JFK Plaza") caused Goldman to slip and fall on a patch of ice and injure himself. The United States District Court...

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