Legal Opinion
Hess v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 18, 1960No. 5PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
This action was brought against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act1 to recover for the death of petitioner’s decedent, George W. Graham. Graham was- drowned in the Columbia River while in the course of his employment as a carpenter foreman for Larson Construction Company, an independent contractor which had undertaken to- perform repairs at Bonneville Dam. That structure is owned and operated by the United States.
As a preliminary to the job it had contracted to accomplish, Larson decided to send a working party by boat *315to the foot of the spillway dam to take soundings. Larson…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Chelentis v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
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