Legal Opinion
National U. Fire Ins. Co. of Pitts., Pa. v. United States
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided June 30, 1977No. 77-3119-NA-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MORTON, District Judge.
This action is before the court on the motion to dismiss filed by the defendant United States of America (“the Government”). The suit was filed by the plaintiff insurance company as subrogee to the rights of a steel company which suffered water damage to a quantity of its stock stored in a warehouse. The damage resulted from flooding by the Cumberland River. Plaintiff maintains that the Government, through the Army Corps of Engineers, negligently failed to exercise proper flood control procedures in connection with its maintenance of certain dams on the…
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