Legal Opinion
Watkins v. United States
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided November 7, 1979No. Civ. A. 77-2237PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BLATT, District Judge.
This action was brought against the United States of America under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. Sections 1346, 2671, et seq.
Defendant has moved the court to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint or, in the alternative, for summary judgment. Resolution of the motion will be aided by a preliminary statement of the facts in the ease, to which the parties are in substantial agreement.
On or about September 3,1975, the plaintiff, Delmar Eugene Watkins, was engaged in the course and scope of his employment as an employee of the Brown Construction Company, an independent…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Marchbanks v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
- Albert Roelofs, Jr. v. United States of America, the Travelers Insurance Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Adams v. Davison-Paxon Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1957
- Martha M. Kirk, an Adult, and Kenneth William Kirk, a Minor, Who Sues by His Guardian Ad Litem, Martha M. Kirk v. The United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- John G. MacMullen v. South Carolina Electric & Gas CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Prescott v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1981
- Dagenhardt v. Special Machine & Engineering, IncMichigan Supreme Court · 1984
- White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Industrial CommissionCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1985
- Olveda v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1981
- Kohler v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1985