Legal Opinion
Prelvitz v. Milsop
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 26, 1987No. 86-5417PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Ronald Prelvitz appeals from the district court’s1 grant of summary judgment on his action brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act. Prelvitz’s claim arose from injuries he received in an automobile accident on September 15, 1984. Prelvitz alleged that his injuries were the result of the negligence of a United States Customs Inspector in suggesting an intoxicated driver drive the car in which Prelvitz was riding. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
Background
At about 10:30 p.m. on September 14, 1984, Prevlitz and three others, Jeffrey Mil-sop, John Marvin,…
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