Legal Opinion
Moore v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 21, 1963No. Civ. A. No. 26811PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DUSEN, District Judge.
This case is now before the court on post-trial motions1 of the parties following a finding for the defendant2 by the trial judge in this personal injury action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 2674. There is substantial evidence in the record to have justified the fact finder’s accepting this factual situation:
The accident occurred on September 25, 1957, when plaintiff’s decedent, Phillip P. Morello, was fatally electrocuted on land, comprising a Nike Missile Site, owned by the defendant United States of America and located near Potshop and…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- Eric McNello v. John B. Kelly, Inc. v. B. J. Lucarelli and Company, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Stark v. Lehigh Foundries, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Penhallow v. Doane's AdministratorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1795
- Enfield v. StoutSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- MacDougall v. Penna. Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
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3Cited by3 opinions
- McCay v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Gerstle v. Gamble-Skogmo, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1971
- Carolyn D. Moore, Administratrix of the Estate of Phillip P. Morello, Deceased v. United States of America, and Third-Party v. Jay Aster, Individually and T/a Wingate Construction Company, Third-Party Cross-Claimant and Cross-Claim and Philadelphia Electric Company, Third-Party Cross-Claimant and Cross-Claim and Russell W. Morello and Anthony Morello, Individually and as Partners Trading as Russell W. Morello Excavating and Paving Contractor, Third-Party Cross-Claimant and Cross-ClaimCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964