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BROWN v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 81-168-T.

615 F.Supp. 391 (1985)

Honour BROWN, Individually and as Personal Representative of Cary Brown and as Administratrix of the estate of Gary Brown, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

August 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Latti, William J. Griset, Jr., Latti Associates, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

David Hutchinson, Trial Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Astrid C. Glynn, Glynn & Dempsey, Boston, Mass., for Sea Fever Corp.

Robert L. Athas, Boston, Mass., for Gloucester Marine Railways.

MEMORANDUM

TAURO, District Judge.

In an opinion issued December 21, 1984, this court narrowly applied traditional tort principles to a unique factual setting in holding the government liable, because of its failure to properly maintain a computerized weather buoy, for the drowning deaths of three lobster fishermen.1 Brown v. United States, 599 F.Supp. 877 (D.Mass. 1984). On January...

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