Legal Opinion
Cummings v. United States
District Court, D. Montana
Decided April 12, 1978No. CV 76-53-GFPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RUSSELL E. SMITH, Chief Judge.
A motion for summary judgment against the claimants has been granted in this federal tort claims case. This opinion states the reasons.
A claim on Form 95 was filed with the Department of the Air Force stating that the defendant negligently had exposed the plaintiffs to radiation emanating from the United States Air Force Weapons Laboratory near Cascade, Montana. The claim, filed in November 1974, asked for $750,-000. 00.and stated, over the signature of James N. Cummings: 1
My wife and I were living near 1-6 in Cascade Montana during the above dates and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Estelle E. Caton v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Michael Alan Avril and Gloria Melanie McMullen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Robinson v. United States NavyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
- Kornbluth v. SavannahDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1975
- Fallon v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1976
3Cited by4 opinions
- Clayton Avery, Jr. v. United States of America, Abel Rocha v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Avis E. Swift, Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Industrial Indemnity Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1980
- Reynoso v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1982