District Court, N.D. Illinois February 27, 1996, No. 95 C 1379 (Charet v. United States)

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

HOLDERMAN, District Judge:

The evidence adduced at the one-day bench trial conducted in this case on February 20,1996 revealed the following:

FACTS

At approximately 11:00 a.m. on February 1, 1994, plaintiff Hazel Charet, age 81, slipped and fell as she walked on the sidewalk approaching the entrance doors to the U.S. Post Office in Niles, Illinois.