Brown v. United States

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

DAVID W. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

This is a wrongful death action brought against the Government by the widow of a man who was killed while sailing a catamaran pleasure boat on the Colorado River. The 28 foot aluminum mast of the vessel struck a low-hanging power line strung across the river by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the decedent was either electrocuted or drowned. The complaint contains one claim allegedly arising under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) and §§ 2671 et seq., and another claim arising under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. § 741…