Legal Opinion
Winston Bros. Company v. United States
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided August 28, 1973No. 4-73-Civil 30PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LARSON, District Judge.
This is an action under the Federal Tort Claims. Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), seeking $81,238.39 reimbursement for damages to two drill jumbos. The pieces of heavy construction equipment were buried and subsequently demolished in a cave-in of a portion of a tunnel being excavated in connection with the DeGray Dam and Reservoir Project in Clark County, Arkansas. The case comes here after adjudications by the Contracting Officer, Board of Contract Appeals for the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Court of Claims, all of which have denied the claim.
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2Cases cited37 opinions
- Burnett v. New York Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Order of Railroad Telegraphers v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Soriano v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Phœnix Insurance v. Erie & Western Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by7 opinions
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