Legal Opinion
Porter v. United States
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided February 4, 1955No. Civ. 4341, 4352PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKIN, District Judge.
These two cases were combined for trial because they arose out of the same circumstances. The jurisdiction of this Court arises from the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq. The plaintiff, John Porter, a minor about twelve years old, seeks damages for an injury which he received to his left hand from an explosion of a military trip-flare fuse. The plaintiff, Cecil Porter, father of John Porter, seeks damages for the loss which he suffered from the injury to his son. The complaints allege that the injuries, which the boy suffered, were caused by the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States v. InmonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- Stewart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
- Beasley v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1948
- Chitwood v. ChitwoodSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1930
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Jerrie M. Simmons v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Sandra B. Andrews and Kenneth M. Andrews v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Foster v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 1959
- Woodbury v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1961
- Andrews v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1982
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