Legal Opinion
Ferrero v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1979No. 76-4430PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from judgments for the plaintiffs in two consolidated cases brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680. Both plaintiffs were injured on September 2, 1974, in separate incidents, when they were struck by a car. The automobile’s driver was a psychotic former inmate who had walked away from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Waco, Texas, on August 19, 1974.
The trial court found that the Veterans Administration was negligent in relying on the psychotic patient to medicate himself, in placing him in an open ward from which…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Hatahley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Allen Williams B/n/f Louise J. Smyre v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Sam H. Johnson v. Penrod Drilling Company, James L. Starnes v. Penrod Drilling CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- Beatrice Mae Hansen v. Johns-Manville Products Corporation, Johns-Manville Sales CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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