Legal Opinion
Douglas S. Gard v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1979No. 77-1484PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff Gard appeals from the district court’s granting of defendant’s summary judgment motion in his personal injury action against the United States. We affirm.
I. Statement of the Case
During their Christmas vacation from college in 1972, Gard and three friends took a car tour through Nevada. The four students were between 18 and 19 years old. While driving, the men saw an A-frame apparatus covering an old mine on federal property approximately 200 yards from the highway. The mine had a vertical shaft, and Gard and two of his friends descended a wooden ladder to the bottom. It was apparent…
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