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ATHAS v. U.S.

No. 89-1966.

904 F.2d 79 (1990)

Jennie ATHAS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 1, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Pearlstein, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Wayne A. Budd, U.S. Atty., was on brief for defendant, appellant.

Eric P. Finamore, with whom Joseph H. Burke, Jr. and Riley, Burke and Donahue, were on brief for plaintiff, appellee.

Before CYR, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and BOWNES, Senior Judges.

BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal by the United States arises from a negligence action brought by plaintiff Jennie Athas under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671 et seq. Athas fell and fractured her shoulder as she left the Lynn, Massachusetts, Post Office. She sued the Postal Service claiming she slipped because its employees negligently failed to remove a number of wet spots from the stone entrance platform outside the main door...

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