Legal Opinion
Wark v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 30, 2001No. 00-1361PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge.
The appellants, the Wark family, brought suit against the United States Forest Service for damages they suffered in an automobile accident. The district court granted summary judgment for the Forest Service, finding that it owed no duty of care to the Warks. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.
I. Background
On August 13, 1995, the Wark family was involved in a fatal automobile accident in the San Juan National Forest. Charles and Shauna Wark, along with their nine-year-old twin daughters Savanah and Leri-sa Wark, were passengers in a Ford…
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3Cited by22 opinions
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