Legal Opinion
Nelson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 12, 2019No. 17-1388PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McHUGH, Circuit Judge.
*1246 In 2008, Mr. James Nelson was seriously injured while riding his bicycle on United States Air Force Academy land. He and his wife, Elizabeth Varney, 1 sued the Academy under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA"), seeking damages. The district court ruled in their favor and awarded them approximately $7 million in damages. In a previous appeal, we reversed that decision, holding that the Colorado Recreational Use Statute (the "CRUS") shielded the Academy from liability. But we remanded on the issue of whether an exception to the statute's liability shield applied. On…
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