Legal Opinion
Vandergrift v. United States
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided November 28, 1979No. Civ. A. 77-197-NPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLAM, District Judge.
By opinion filed herein March 30, 1978, 500 F.Supp. 229 (E.D.Va.) this Court found the United States guilty of negligence which caused the death of plaintiff’s decedent and awarded plaintiff a judgment for $183,511.40.
The United States operates and maintains a large facility at Langley Air Force Center in Virginia, including National Aeronautics and Space Administration Research Center (NASA). It contracted with Mechanical Products, Inc. (Mechanical) for the performance of certain construction and installation work at Langley. Mechanical subcontracted a portion…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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