Grand River Cooperative Grazing Association v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA WESTERN DIVISION GRAND RIVER COOPERATIVE CIV. 15-5087-JLV GRAZING ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, ORDER vs. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. INTRODUCTION Grand River Cooperative Grazing Association is the last remaining plaintiff in this Federal Tort Claims Act case. Plaintiff brought this action alleging the United States Forest Service negligently allowed a prescribed burn on the Grand River National Grassland to become a wildfire, which consumed its privately owned lands. (Docket 1). Defendant, the United States, moved for summary judgment…