WYLETAL v. U.S.

No. 89-2727.

907 F.2d 49 (1990)

Josephine B. WYLETAL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1990.

As Amended July 30, 1990.

Rehearing Denied August 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Steck, Steck & Spataro, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

James Shapiro, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER, FLAUM, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Josephine Wyletal, a lively eighty-five year old widow with a cataract in her left eye, was walking eastbound on the north side of Oakton Street in Skokie, Illinois at 11:00 a.m. on a cloudy day in November. She was not wearing her glasses. At the same time, a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service was hurriedly delivering mail by foot heading west on the north side of Oakton Street. As Mrs...

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