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REID v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. S-2412.

421 F.Supp. 1244 (1976)

Lavola Jean REID, Individually and as guardian ad litem for Tamara Reid, a minor, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Troy LUTHER and Bill Billington, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. California.

October 6, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark G. Steidlmayer, Trezza, Ithurburn, Steidlmayer & Bower, Yuba City, Cal., for plaintiff.

Asst. U.S. Atty. Francis M. Goldsberry II, Sacramento, Cal., for defendant and third party plaintiff.

Nina Hunt, Tweedy, Dawson, Duncan, Hunt & Ball, Sacramento, Cal., for third-party defendants.

MEMORANDUM

WILKINS, District Judge.

The United States Forest Service awarded a contract to clear certain lands under its jurisdiction to Troy Luther and Bill Billington. Luther and Billington hired plaintiff's decedent to do some of the work; while working alone one day at the site, he died in an accident. A worker's compensation remedy proved futile because Luther and Billington had not obtained insurance to cover the decedent in spite of a contract clause...

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