Legal Opinion
O'DONNELL v. United States
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided March 18, 1977No. Civ. A. 750346, 751086PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING
DAWKINS, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiffs, Thomas M. O’Donnell and Janice K. Martin, filed separate suits against the United States here under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671, et seq., after properly exhausting their administrative remedies. Our jurisdiction is based upon 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). We consolidated the actions for trial since both involved the same automobile-motorcycle accident.
Facts
On April 13, 1974, plaintiffs were travel-ling easterly on Louisiana Highway 6, a two-lane, black-top road, on a 1973 Yamaha “500” motorcycle owned and operated by O’Donnell. Miss…
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