Legal Opinion
United States v. Peter Kiewit Sons' Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1965No. 17869_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VOGEL, Circuit Judge.
The United States of America, appellant, and Peter Kiewit Sons’ Company, appellee, entered into a contract whereby Kiewit leased to the United States various pieces of equipment, together with operating personnel. Among the equipment so leased was a Euclid end-dump truck No. 271 driven by an employee of Kiewit who had been furnished with the equipment to the United States. On October 14, 1959, while the dump truck was being used by the Corps of Engineers at the Hebgen Dam earthquake area in Montana, an accident occurred whereby the dump truck toppled into the Madison…
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