Stirm

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALISON STIRM, No. 2:22-cv-1330-CKD Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM OF DECISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS

OF LAW

Defendant. 16 After conducting a seven-day bench trial on plaintiff’s claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act, hearing closing arguments, and considering the parties’ post-trial briefing, the Court finds in favor of plaintiff Alison Stirm in the amount of $1,535,748.00. The Court issues this memorandum with findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(a).1 I. Findings of Fact The Collision 1. On June 11, 2021, Alison Stirm (“plaintiff” or “Mrs. Stirm”) was riding her bicycle westbound on Canal Boulevard in San Joaquin County, California, on the far-right side of 26 1 Any finding of fact more properly deemed a conclusion of law and any conclusion of law more properly deemed a finding of fact…