Legal Opinion
Agnes Wiggins v. United States of America, Through the Department of the Army
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1986No. 85-3700PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Agnes Wiggins, sues for recovery of damages from the United States under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. § 741 et seq., (SAA) for the death of her husband in a boat accident. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the government, holding that the Army Corps of Engineers’ decision not to clear from the lake the obstruction which caused the accident was a discretionary decision leaving intact governmental immunity from suit. We affirm.
The accident resulting in the death of appellant’s husband occurred on Flat Lake,…
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