Legal Opinion
United States v. William G. Carroll
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 21, 1966No. 18328PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNCAN, Senior District Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri awarding damages to the appellee for injuries sustained by him as the result of the crash of a military aircraft in which he was a passenger. The action was brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq.
At the time of the accident, plaintiff was a naval reservist traveling in uniform to a weekend drill with other members of his military unit. At trial, negligence was uncontested, and the amount of damages assessed by the District…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- James Chambers and Lydia Chambers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Pearl Archer and Joseph Archer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
- Emil Zoula and Charles C. Sterling v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Ardell LeeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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- Wake v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Wake v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
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