Legal Opinion
Figueroa v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 19, 1993No. Nos. 92-15914, 92-16602PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
In May of 1987, an electrical transformer ruptured at the Piti Power Plant on the United States Naval Base in Guam, releasing a variety of toxic chemicals. Subsequently, 251 federal employees who were at the plant at the time of the accident filed suit against the United States and twelve individuals who supervised the toxic spill clean-up. Plaintiffs brought five causes of action against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-80 (“FTCA”). Their-Sixth cause of action was directed at the individual Defendants and alleged a substantive…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by57 opinions
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