APPLEY BROS. v. U.S.

No. CIV 92-4037.

948 F.Supp. 913 (1996)

APPLEY BROTHERS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, Southern Division.

December 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan K. VanPatten, U.S.D. School of Law, Vermillion, SD, for plaintiffs Appley Brothers; Appley Farms, Inc.; Kevin Beerman; Tom Curry; Dakota Eastern Ltd.; Raymond Hall; Hayes & Hayes, Inc.; Sam Hatton; Robert Hebeler; Dean Hebeler; Heckathorn Farms, Inc.; Curt Jervik; Dennis Kjose; Gordon Kleihauer; David Larsen; Morris Larsen; Todd Larsen; Lyle Lawrensen; Eldean Lykken; Martin McInerney; Lawrence McInerney; Daniel O'Connor; Kelly O'Connor; Owen Quall; Burnette Quam; Mark Quam; Lyle Wagner; Hurley Elevator.

Glenn L. Roth, Freeman, SD, for Plaintiffs Kaylor Grain Co., Inc., Viborg Coop Elevator.

James M. Cremer, Bantz, Gosch, Cremer, Peterson & Sommers, Aberdeen, SD, for Plaintiff Transamerica Insurance Co.

John J. Ulrich, U.S. Attorney's Office, Sioux Falls, SD, Bertha R. Mitrani, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Peter Bonner, International Affairs, Department of Agriculture, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, for U.S.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PIERSOL, District Judge.

Pending before the Court following a court trial are two issues: (1) whether sellers of grain to Bird Grain Elevator fall within the scope of the United States Warehouse Act to entitle them to damages from the United States in this action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, and (2) whether the United States is entitled to an offset against plaintiffs' tort damages in this action for the interest...

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