Legal Opinion
Covington v. United States
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided January 16, 1996No. Civil 94-00330 ACKPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
KAY, Chief Judge.
This action arises out of a tragic incident— the drowning of 11-year old Joshua Coving-ton, son of plaintiff Prince Covington, who at the time was a Staff Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. The drowning occurred at the military portion of Bellows Air Force Base beach (“Bellows”), Oahu, Hawaii on Easter Sunday, April 19, 1992. The matter came on for bench trial on November 28, 1995.
The Court now makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law.
FINDINGS OF FACT
The following facts essentially are undisputed by the…
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