Legal Opinion
Jay L. Caplan and Eva M. Caplan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1989No. 88-5558PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1315RYAN, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals the district court’s judgment for plaintiffs entered after trial without a jury in this negligence action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq. The action arose from injuries suffered by plaintiff Jay L. Caplan when he was struck by a falling tree as he worked as a tree cutter in a government-owned forest. We affirm the district court’s judgment for plaintiffs.
In approximately 1975, the U.S. Forest Service decided to institute a mass tree-killing program in several areas of the Daniel Boone National Forest,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Indian Towing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Gustof Charles Feyers and Gabrielle Feyers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Myslakowski v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
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- Alter v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1993
- Rich v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
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