Summary:        The defendant filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that it was not liable for the alleged negligence of an independent contractor and that it was not liable for its own alleged negligence and trespass. The Court granted the motion for summary judgment, finding that under the Federal Tort Claims Act the defendant was not liable for the alleged negligence of its independent contractor, and that the plaintiffs failed to show that the defendant was directly liable for its own negligence and trespass.


Case Name: Gladue, et al. v. USA

Case Number: 4-07-cv-69

Docket Number: 24

Date Filed: 8/12/09

Nature of Suit: 240

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA

NORTHWESTERN DIVISION
 

Andrew Gladue and Beatrice Vivier,

Plaintiffs,

-vs-

United States of America,

Defendant.

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) ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S
) MOTION FOR SUMMARY
) JUDGMENT
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) Case No. 4:07-cv-69
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