Legal Opinion
Pacheco v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 31, 2000No. 99-15421PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge:
Regardless whether under California law anyone may be responsible for this tragedy, it is absolutely clear that the slightest bit of care, thought, trouble, and expense by the defendants could have saved the lives of the three victims: eleven-year-old Ivy Pacheco and her mother and grandmother, both of whom tried in vain to rescue Ivy from the ocean. The district judge allowed defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiffs complaint with prejudice based on an interpretation of California law, but admitted at the hearing on the motion to dismiss that the case…
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