Legal Opinion
Fahey v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 26, 1957PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVET, District Judge.
This action, tried by this court without a jury, was brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq. The plaintiffs’ intestate, Eileen Fahey, a young woman of some 18 years, was shot and killed on July 14, 1952, by one Bayard P. Peakes, a demented war veteran. As a result of this tragic death, the administrators have sued the United States of America on the ground that its alleged negligence in permitting Peakes to be at large permitted the happening of the unfortunate occurrence.
The case, having come on for trial upon the pleadings and…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Bing v. ThunigNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
- Mrs. Cordie Ola Fair v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Arnold Panella v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- St. George v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
- Flaherty v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Blessing v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Ernest J. Hendry v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Baker v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1964
- Abernathy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Rivera v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2002
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