Legal Opinion
Peter Buchanan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1962No. 16844PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
On January 28, 1958, Peter Buchanan was seriously injured in the fall of a hoist * on which he was riding. The hoist was in Building 502 at the Twin Cities Arsenal, New Brighton, Minnesota.
Buchanan brought this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S. C. § 1346(b), to recover damages from the United States for his injuries. As required by 28 U.S.C. § 2402, the case was tried to the court. At the conclusion of all the evidence the trial judge dismissed the complaint on the grounds that Buchanan’s employer, Federal Cartridge Corporation, a private firm, was an…
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