Legal Opinion
C. Russell Gould v. United States of America, William R. Zanetello v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1998No. 98-1746PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
William Zanetello and Russell Gould, strangers to each other at the time, were injured on different days while sledding down the back of a dam built, operated, and owned by the Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) at Longview Lake in Jackson County, Missouri. Each of them was seriously hurt when his sled crashed after having been propelled into the air upon contact with a sloped terrace that was three or four feet high. Each sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act. See 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b)(1), §§ 2671-2680.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Wells v. GoforthSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
- Rowe v. Farmers Ins. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1985
- Fisher v. Northmoor United Methodist ChurchMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
- Birdsong v. AdolfMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
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