BUSCAGLIA v. U.S.

No. 93-2583.

25 F.3d 530 (1994)

Judith A. BUSCAGLIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn J. Jazwiec (argued), Roland P. Ernst, Carr & O'Rourke, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Marsha A. McClellan, Kurt Lindland (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Criminal Div., Daniel E. May, Office of the U.S. Atty., Civil Div., Appellate Section, Linda A. Wawzenski, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, FLAUM, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Judith Buscaglia ("Buscaglia") slipped and fell in a United States Post Office in Elmhurst, Illinois, on January 27, 1987. Nearly four years later, she filed a complaint in federal district court seeking $250,000 damages against the United States ("the government") under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA"). 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). The government filed a motion to strike the affidavit of Buscaglia's expert, John Van Ostrand, and a motion for...

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