Legal Opinion
Donald M. Posegate, and Ida J. Posegate, Husband and Wife v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 27, 1961No. 16973PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.
Donald M. Posegate and Ida J. Pose-gate, his wife, brought an action in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the United States under the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act. 1 The complaint alleged that on February 26, 1958, as a result of the negligence of the United States Donald M. Posegate was struck by a nine-ton gun or field piece, crushed and pinned to the ground beneath said gun. He received “a fractured pelvis, a ruptured bladder and urethra, the severance of certain nerves in the lower intestinal tract and other serious and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bradford Electric Light Co. v. ClapperSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Smither and Company, Inc. v. Franciska T. ColesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Jeune v. Del E. Webb Const. Co.Arizona Supreme Court · 1954
- Hyett v. Northwestern Hospital for Women & ChildrenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
- Freese v. Morrell & Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1931
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Dorcas J. Daniels-Lumley v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- Wright v. Action Vending Company, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1975
- Ramiro Vilanova v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Burke v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1986
- Metz v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1989
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