Legal Opinion
Johnson v. United States
District Court, D. Montana
Decided August 11, 1958No. Civ. 49, 54PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMESON, District Judge.
These cases were consolidated for trial before the court, without a jury. Both arise under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346, and seek recovery of damages for the death of Stanley Matt Johnson on July 4, 1955, as the result of electrocution from energy transmitted through the substation operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, United States Department of the Interior, at Forsyth, Montana. Civil No. 49 is prosecuted by the administrator of decedent’s estate, under the Montana survival statute (Sec.. 93-2824, R.C.M.1947); and Civil No. 54 is an action by…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Railroad Co. v. StoutSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad v. HawthorneSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Block v. Milwaukee Street Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1895
- Mize v. Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1909
- Bourke v. Butte Electric & Power Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1905
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Ault v. International Harvester Co.California Supreme Court · 1974
- Brown v. BrownSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1981
- Arnold Bailey v. Kawasaki-Kisen, K. K.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Richard John Steele, and Texas Employer's Insurance Association, Intervening v. Wiedemann MacHine Company, AndCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Merle H. Johnson, Administrator of the Estate of Stanley Matt Johnson v. United States of America, Merle H. Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
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