United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for the federal government in a personal injury suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act after a sledder suffered serious injuries while sledding in a national park is affirmed where the federal government was not liable for the plaintiff's injuries under Indiana tort law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/04/2006
• Published 12/04/2006

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mitchell A. Peters (argued), Miller & Associates, Merrillville, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph S. Reid (argued), Orest S. Szewciw, Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.