Legal Opinion
Barron v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 27, 1981No. Nos. 79-4492, 79-4564PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
In highly condensed form, the facts of this case are that an injured employee (Barron) of a government contractor (Maitland Brothers Company) seeks to recover his entire damages from the United States pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671 et seq., while the United States, if held so liable to the employee, seeks to recover from the government-contractor-employer its proper share of the total damages. The employer insists that it is not liable to any extent to the United States because of its immunity under State of Hawaii’s workers’ compensation law,…
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