Perry v. United States

ORDER

CLARKE, District Judge.

RELEVANT FACTS

On May 1, 1991 the Plaintiff, Timothy Wayne Perry (“Perry” or the “Plaintiff’) was seriously burned while performing certain work on an A-6E aircraft that was owned, operated and maintained by the United States Department of the Navy. Although an employee of the Boeing Corporation (“Boeing”), Perry was working at the Naval Air Station, Oceana, which is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Previously, Boeing had contracted with the United States to replace the aluminum wings on A-6E aircraft with wings made from a composite material. The new composite…