Legal Opinion
Patton v. United States
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided June 24, 1982No. Civ. A. 79-3267-CV-S-2PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
COLLINSON, Senior District Judge.
This is an action for damages for the wrongful death of a seventeen year old boy, Steven Lee Patton, brought by his divorced parents against the United States of America. Steven died in a tragic one-car accident which occurred on a government owned and operated recreation area adjoining Stockton Reservoir in Cedar County, Missouri. Plaintiffs allege negligent design, construction and maintenance of the road upon which the accident happened, a road constructed and maintained by the United States of America for the use of the public…
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