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RICHARDSON v. U.S.

Civ. No. 89-4064.

776 F.Supp. 1373 (1991)

Reba J. RICHARDSON, Administratrix of the Estate of Ronnie Richardson, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Arkansas, Texarkana Division.

October 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Hodges, Little Rock, Ark., Thomas A. Martin, Jasper, Ark., Jay Youngdahl, Little Rock, Ark., for plaintiff.

Heidi E. Weckwert, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Claude S. Hawkins, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Fort Smith, Ark., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, District Judge.

This lawsuit arises out of a fatal accident allegedly caused by the defendant's negligent oversight of a contractor's tree removal operations in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest.1 Ronnie Richardson was crushed and killed on September 24, 1986, by a beech tree he was attempting to cut down. Mr. Richardson was employed by Eddy Heydenreich, with whom the Forest Service...

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