Legal Opinion
Aslakson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 9, 1986No. 85-5132PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
Paul Aslakson appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his claim seeking damages against the United States for the death of his son, Timothy Aslakson. Timothy was killed in a boating accident on Devils Lake, North Dakota, when the aluminum mast of his sailboat made contact with electrical power lines owned and operated by the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), an agency of the United States government. Aslakson claims that the United States was negligent by failing to provide adequate vertical clearance between the power lines and the surface of the water. The…
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