Flanagan v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2671 · 28 U.S.C. § 2680 · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Thomas v. Arn · United States v. Sherwood · Cryts v. French · Jannotti v. United States · Makarova v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“[A] plain reading of the Contract demonstrates that any negligence which resulted in Plaintiffs fall and subsequent injuries could not have been the responsibility of GSA and thus [United States], as GSA had delegated the responsibilities of maintenance work on the boiler, day-to-day supervision and management, and responsibility for worker safety to the contractor, and retained no power to control the detailed physical performance of the contractor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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