Legal Opinion
Jones v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 23, 1969No. 64 Civ. 977PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
This Court found plaintiffs had sustained their burden of proof that the defendant, United States of America, “was negligent in allowing the trip to be undertaken without a trained, experienced ambulance attendant, and that Jones was not such a trained attendant, of which the defendant was aware,”1 but had failed to sustain their burden on the issue of proximate cause and accordingly dismissed the complaint upon the merits and awarded judgment in favor of defendant. Upon plaintiffs’ appeal, the Court of Appeals disagreed with this Court’s finding on the issue…
2Cases cited60 opinions
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- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Gary v. SchwartzNew York Supreme Court · 1972
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