PATTON v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 79-3267-CV-S-2.

549 F.Supp. 36 (1982)

Jack W. PATTON and Marjorie H. Tillman, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and Michael Ray Adams, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, S.D.

June 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. McDonald, Springfield, Mo., for plaintiffs.

Eugene Harrison, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for defendant.

Turner, Reid, Duncan & Loomer, Kenneth Reid & Rodney Loomer, Springfield, Mo., for General Motors Corp.

Woolsey, Fisher, Whiteaker, McDonald & Ansley, William McDonald, Virginia Fry, Springfield, Mo., for Michael Ray Adams.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

COLLINSON, Senior District Judge.

This is an action for damages for the wrongful death of a seventeen year old boy, Steven Lee Patton, brought by his divorced parents against the United States of America. Steven died in a tragic one-car accident which occurred on a government owned and operated recreation area adjoining Stockton Reservoir in Cedar County, Missouri. Plaintiffs allege negligent design, construction and maintenance...

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