CARROLL v. U.S.

No. 10-1152.

661 F.3d 87 (2011)

Courtney R. CARROLL, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Board of Directors of the Rainforest Kids Child Development Center, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 31, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Salvador J. Antonetti-Stutts , with whom Courtney R. Carroll and O'Neill & Borges were on brief, for appellants.

Ginette L. Milanes , with whom Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez , United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Luke Cass , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellees.

Before LIPEZ, SILER, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This tort action was brought by the parents of a young child who was seriously injured when she was struck in the head by an object thrown from a lawnmower as she rode a tricycle at her childcare center. Separate entities were providing the lawn maintenance and the childcare on the day of the accident under contracts with the federal government. Appellants brought a suit for damages against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act...

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