WHITE v. U.S., DEPT. OF INTERIOR

Civ. No. 83-1360.

656 F.Supp. 25 (1986)

Lucille A. WHITE, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Gerald J. White, deceased, Gerald J. White, a minor, Gary J. White, a minor, and Sara White, a minor, by and through Lucille A. White, Parent and Natural Guardian, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

June 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Quinn, Jr., Neil L. Conway, Hourigan, Kluger, Spohrer & Quinn, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for plaintiffs.

James J. West, U.S. Attys. Office, Scranton, Pa., Paul F. Figley, Asst. Director, Torts Branch, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.


OPINION

HERMAN, District Judge.

This suit arises out of the death of Gerald White on May 21, 1982 at the site of a federal mine reclamation project in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Plaintiffs have sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, claiming that negligence of the United States in planning and supervising the filling of the Pine Brook Shaft caused this death, and that the United States should therefore...

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