Legal Opinion
Robert D. Russell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 1, 1972No. 72-1220PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
This is a federal tort claims case which was dismissed by the District Judge in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky on defendant’s motion for summary judgment. The facts in the case do not appear to be in dispute, but the legal conclusions flowing therefrom clearly are.
On August 10, 1967, plaintiff-appellant was a patient in the psychiatric ward at Ireland Army Hospital, Fort Knox, Kentucky. He was injured when a nurse, Mrs. Davis, with whom he was talking at the time, accidentally dropped her purse. The purse struck a metal doorstop…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- William H. Grogan, James B. Shepeard, Raymond Carner and Ottis Lutz v. United States of America and Tecon CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- Wood v. Southeastern Greyhound LinesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1946
- Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Ry. Co. v. RueCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
- J. J. Newberry Co. v. JuddCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935
- John v. LococoCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Dennis W. Baker v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- Lloyd v. Cessna Aircraft Co.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1976