Legal Opinion
Otness v. United States
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided November 23, 1959No. 7824-APublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, District Judge.
On June 13, 1958, plaintiff invoked the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 2671 et seq., and instituted suit against the United States to recover damages which allegedly were caused by a collision between the plaintiff’s vessel and a maritime aid known as Channel Light No. 54.
The case was tried before the Court, to which the following facts were presented.
On October 21, 1957, personnel of the United States Coast Guard discovered that due to some unknown or unexplained reason, Channel Light No. 54 was not standing in its position in the waters of…
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