Legal Opinion
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation v. Bernice M. Frazier
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1961No. 16543PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOELSCH, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for wrongful death under the statutes of Arizona. 1 Jurisdiction of the District Court is based upon diversity of citizenship.
On August 24, 1957 Robert C. Frazier was instantly killed by a rockslide at the site of the Glen Canyon Dam near Page, Arizona. He was then working at the bottom of the canyon on the westerly side of the Colorado River where his employer, Mountain States Construction Company, was engaged in driving a tunnel through which to divert the water of the river while the dam was being constructed.
Thereafter Bernice M. Frazier, his…
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