Legal Opinion
Nell D. Autery, as Administratrix of the Estate of Roy Franklin Autery Charlotte Schreiner v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 11, 1993No. 92-6427PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
Roy Franklin Autery was killed and Charlotte Schreiner was injured when a black locust tree fell on their car as they drove through Great Smokey Mountain National Park. Nell Autery, as administratrix of her brother’s estate, and Schreiner (together, “the plaintiffs”) brought this negligence action against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2674 (“FTCA”). After a bench trial, the district court entered a judgment for the plaintiffs, holding that the United States had negligently failed to (1) devise, implement and follow an…
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