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VELÁZQUEZ LINARES v. U.S.

No. 08-1548.

546 F.3d 710 (2008)

Maria VELÁZQUEZ LINARES, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 10, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

José M. Casanova Edelmann, on brief, for appellant.

Lori J. Dym, Chief Counsel, Appellate Division, United States Postal Service, and Ray E. Donahue, Lead Counsel, on brief, for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

On February 10, 2006, plaintiff-appellant Maria Velázquez Linares slipped and fell while a patron at the post office in Cataño, Puerto Rico. Neither the details surrounding her fall nor the extent of her injuries and damages are germane to this appeal. Instead, we fast-forward to March 3, 2008, when the plaintiff sued the United States and others under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C...

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