Personal Injury
Premises Liability
Brain Injury
Dorothea Jernigan v. United States of America
Published: Nov. 26, 2011 | Result Date: Jul. 28, 2011 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: 09-cv-06986(WDK) Bench Decision – Defense
Court
USDC Central
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Defendant
Facts
Dorothea Jernigan attended the arrival of the USS Nimitz at the Naval Air Station at Coronado Island on Sept. 30, 2007, where she was hit in the head with a projectile the Navy fired as a line to shore.
Contentions
PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS:
Jernigan filed suit against the United States.
DEFENDANT'S CONTENTIONS:
The U.S. contended that Jernigan had been warned she was standing in an unsafe place.
Injuries
Jernigan sustained brain damage and a bruised ear.
Result
The court rendered a verdict for the defense.
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