Legal Opinion
Joseph Weiss, Jr. And Brigitte Weiss v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1990No. 88-1583PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
On August 23, 1976, a helicopter piloted by plaintiff-appellant Joseph Weiss, Jr., crashed in the Buckskin Canyon area of Pike National Forest after striking an aerial tramway cable suspended approximately 150 feet above the ground. The upper end of the tramway, and about two-thirds of the cable (including the point of impact), extended over federal land.
Weiss sued defendant-appellee United States of America, seeking damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) for the injuries he sustained in the crash. Plaintiff-appellant Brigitte Weiss sought…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Cameron Smith by His Next Friend, E. J. Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- Irene H. Allen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- Joseph Weiss, Jr. And Brigitte Weiss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by18 opinions
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