Legal Opinion
A. T. Collins v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1980No. 78-3125PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRY PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.
This action grows out of a tragic explosion in a coal mine near Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky, on December 30, 1970. Suit for money damages was filed against the United States by appellant A. T. Collins, who was injured in the explosion, and by the personal representatives of 25 coal miners who were killed in the disaster.
Jurisdiction was asserted under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq. The complaint charged that the proximate cause of the injuries and deaths of the miners was the failure of the United States to inspect the…
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