Dominga G. Soto v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DOMINGA G. SOTO, Case No.: 2:22-cv-03607-AB-RAO

FINDINGS OF FACT AND Plaintiffs,

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AFTER

BENCH TRIAL v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Dominga G. Soto (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant United States of America (“Defendant”) appeared for a bench trial on July 11-13, 2023. The parties filed their proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law. See Dkt. Nos. 80, 82.1 Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 52, the Court renders its Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Dominga G. Soto (“Plaintiff”) brings this Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) negligence action concerning a parcel that was delivered to her home on

25 1 The Transcripts are at Dkt. Nos. 85-87. Defendant cites the transcripts as Tr. 1, Tr. 2, 26 and Tr. 3. Plaintiff’s citations are to the witness’s testimony, e.g., “D. Soto Tr. Test.” The Court maintains the parties’ differing citation conventions.…