Legal Opinion
Cooner v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1960No. 7887PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
This is another in a long line of troublesome cases involving the problem whether service personnel whose negligent driving has injured others were acting within the scope of their employment.
The present action, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346(b), 2671 and 2674,1 arises from an automobile accident which occurred in New York, when Major Ralph H. Miller, an Army officer, driving his own automobile, collided with an automobile driven by Mrs. Vera Smoak Cooner. Both Major Miller and Mrs. Cooner were killed, and three children of Mrs. Cooner, passengers…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Wyllie v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- United States v. EleazerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- Riley v. . Standard Oil Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- Tilden R. Wilkinson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
- Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1967
- State v. Superior Court, in & for County of MaricopaArizona Supreme Court · 1974
- L.M.T. Steel Products, Inc. v. PeirsonCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1981
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