Legal Opinion
Kee v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 2, 1999No. 97-17347PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
Etta Kee died when the car in which she was a passenger collided with a car driven by a federal employee acting within the scope of her employment. The United States now claims that Kee’s representative and the other people in the car are foreclosed from suing the United States because they signed a release with the employee. We reject the United States’ argument and reverse the district court.
I.BACKGROUND
Louise Nargo, Eleanor Towne, David Nar-go, and Etta Kee were driving on Navajo Route 4 in Cottonwood Arizona on February 4, 1994. Bessie Tullie, a United States…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Lois Munson v. United States of America, D. James Munson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by2 opinions
- 99 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 907, 1999 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1159 Joe Lee Kee, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Etta Kee Louise Kee Nargo Eleanor Towne David Nargo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Rea v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003