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Mary Metter v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 11, 2015No. 14-2001, 14-2002PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RILEY, Chief Judge.

On October 9, 2011, while fishing with his son-in-law and grandson near Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River in Cedar County, Nebraska, Edward Metter was tragically struck and killed when a parked pickup truck came out of gear and rolled down an unprotected river bank. Mary Ann Metter, Metter’s widow and personal representative of his estate, brought survival and wrongful death actions under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346, 2671-2680, against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), asserting the Corps negligently maintained the site. The grandson,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. United States v. GaubertSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Berkovitz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio GrandenseSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. John R. Cope v. Roland G. Scott United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
  5. David Kiehn v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993

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3Cited by15 opinions

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  5. Carrie Willis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2021

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