Legal Opinion
Norton by & Through Norton v. United States
District Court, E.D. California
Decided August 15, 1985No. CV F 83-335-EDPPublished
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
PRICE, District Judge.
This action, brought pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. 2761, et seq.), was tried to the Court sitting without a jury on April 2 and 3, 1985. The case was bifurcated for trial; this phase of the case being addressed to the liability of the defendant United States of America to the plaintiffs, and the liability of the third-party defendant, Claude C. Wood Company, to the third-party plaintiff, The United States of America.
The plaintiffs Leslie Norton, a minor by and through her guardian ad litem,…
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