Legal Opinion
Pearce v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 23, 2001No. 00-5305PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SILER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Kathleen Pearce, on behalf of herself, her deceased husband, and her minor children, along with plaintiff A-nette Harris, on behalf of herself and her deceased husband, filed suit under the Suits in Admiralty Act (“SIAA”) against the defendant United States. The plain*646tiffs alleged that the negligent operation of the Old Hickory Lock and Dam (“Old Hickory”) by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) led to the drowning deaths of their husbands. After a bench trial, the district court found that the Corps was not negligent in its operation of Old Hickory…
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