By Daniel Clark

(December 22, 2015, 8:51 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California on Dec. 15 granted the United States’ motion to dismiss a dangerous condition of public property claim against it after finding that the plaintiff’s claim falls outside of the immunity waiver of the Federal Torts Claims Act (FTCA) (Sean J. Mace v. U.S. of America, et al., No. 3:15cv4060, N.D. Calif.).

(Order available. Document #77-151223-012R.)

“The nature of this analysis — the effect of the FTCA on the plaintiff‘s dangerous-condition claim — rules out the possibility that the...