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CHAFFIN v. U.S.

No. 97-35688.

176 F.3d 1208 (1999)

Donald CHAFFIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; Martin Marietta Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Flanigan, Walter & Flanigan, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael Corey, Marietta Services, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellees.

James Torgerson, Assistant United States Attorney, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellees.

Before: GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

Donald Chaffin was badly mauled and disfigured when a polar bear burst through a window of the living quarters of a remote Alaskan Long Range Radar System ("LRRS") site. Chaffin, at the time, was an employee of a contractor, but the site was owned by the United States Air Force. Chaffin sued the United States for negligence under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA"), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-80. The district court ruled that the...

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