Legal Opinion
Cooley v. United States
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided March 31, 1992No. CIV-1-88-100 to 1-88-105PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
EDGAR, District Judge.
On December 8, 1981, Danny J. Cooley, Jackie O. Tate, Charles R. Myers, Darrell Glen Rollins, Gaylon L. Parson, and Har vey J. Nolan, Jr. accidentally died in a methane gas explosion while working in an underground coal mine operated by their employer, the Grundy Mining Company, in Marion County near Whitwell, Tennessee. Plaintiffs are the widows and duly appointed administratrix of the estates of the deceased coal miners. Plaintiffs have brought these causes of action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680 (“FTCA”), seeking to recover…
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