Legal Opinion
Pamela Graves v. The United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1989No. 88-5084PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs appeal the district court’s judgment denying recovery in a tort action *135against the United States for injuries allegedly caused by inadequate warnings about a dam on the Kentucky River. We affirm.
I
Lock and Dam No. 11, on the Kentucky River, was constructed between 1904 and 1906 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (the “Corps”). Since that time, it has been continuously controlled and supervised by the Corps. All responsibility for warning devices rested with the Corps.
Lock No. 11 is located just around the third of a series of sharp curves in the…
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