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COPELAND v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. Nos. 1198-S to 1203-S.

347 F.Supp. 247 (1972)

Mattie L. COPELAND, as Administratrix of the Estate of Roy L. Copeland, Deceased v. UNITED STATES of America. Nancy FLOWERS, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ola Mae Flowers Goosby, Deceased v. UNITED STATES of America. Irving J. COPELAND, as Administrator of the Estate of Edmond Copeland, Deceased v. UNITED STATES of America. Chester HAYES v. UNITED STATES of America. Gladies SHIVERS v. UNITED STATES of America. Stephen SHIVERS v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court, M. D. Alabama, S. D.

August 15, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert W. Copeland, Hobbs, Copeland, Franco & Screws, Montgomery, Ala., for all plaintiffs.

Joe S. Pittman, Enterprise, Ala., for plaintiffs in Nos. 1198-S, 1199-S, 1200-S, and 1201-S.

Joe C. Cassady, Cassady & Fuller, Enterprise, Ala., for plaintiffs in Nos. 1202-S and 1203-S.

Ira DeMent, U. S. Atty., and Kenneth E. Vines and Wade B. Perry, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., M. D. Ala., Montgomery, Ala., for defendant.

FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND ORDER

JOHNSON, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs in these consolidated cases are either persons who were injured or the administrators of the estates of persons killed on February 21, 1970, in a low-rent public housing project owned by the Housing Authority of the town of New Brockton, Alabama. The plaintiffs are claiming, pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. A. § 2680 et seq., liability and damages of the United States...

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