Legal Opinion
Richardson v. United States
District Court, W.D. Arkansas
Decided October 17, 1991No. Civ. 89-4064PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, District Judge.
This lawsuit arises out of a fatal accident allegedly caused by the defendant’s negligent oversight of a contractor’s tree removal operations in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest. 1 Ronnie Richardson was crushed and killed on September 24, 1986, by a beech tree he was attempting to cut down. Mr. Richardson was employed by Eddy Heydenreich, with whom the Forest Service had contracted to cut timber. The logging operations took place on steep terrain and the Forest Service designated which trees were to be cut down. Mr. Richardson’s…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. GaubertSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Phillip Layton v. United States of America, Reba J. Richardson, Administratrix of the Estate of Ronnie Richardson, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- DePugh v. ClemensDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1997
- Marlys Bear Medicine v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1999
- Phillip Layton v. United States of America, Reba J. Richardson, Administratrix of the Estate of Ronnie Richardson, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993