Legal Opinion
John Potts v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 19, 1983No. 82-5764PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
John Potts appeals a summary judgment for the United States on his claim for damages for injuries sustained while a corpsman in the United States Navy. We affirm the decision of the District Court.
Potts was injured when a cable used for hoisting a naval landing craft onto the USNS Chauvenet snapped and struck him. Potts was at the time a medical corpsman in the U.S. Navy stationed aboard the Chauvenet, an oceanographic research vessel contracted to the service of the Department of the Navy’s Military Sealift Command. The crewmen operating the hoist were civilians. The Chauvenet was in…
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