Legal Opinion
Copeland v. United States
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided August 15, 1972No. Civ. A. Nos. 1198-S to 1203-SPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND ORDER
JOHNSON, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs in these consolidated cases are either persons who were injured or the administrators of the estates of persons killed on February 21, 1970, in a low-rent public housing project owned by the Housing Authority of the town of New Brockton, Alabama. The plaintiffs are claiming, pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. A. § 2680 et seq., liability and damages of the United States for alleged acts and omissions during the construction phase of the project.1 The eases are now submitted upon the pleadings, the evidence…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. NeustadtSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Beasley v. MacDonald Engineering Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1971
- Leopold W. Mahler and Helen E. Mahler, His Wife, and Bertha Ebertsheim v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
- Ted T. Irzyk, D/B/A San Juan Trailer Town v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. ThompsonDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1967
3Cited by1 opinion
- In Re Silver Bridge Disaster LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1974