Kasch
Kasch v. United States
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KATHRYN RUTH KASCH, et al., Case No. 24-cv-04751-JD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE DISMISSAL
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant.
12 Eugene “Gus” Newport was a well-known social-justice activist, former mayor of Berkeley, California, and a veteran of the United States military. He suffered head and neck injuries during transportation from his home in Oakland, California, to a medical appointment at the U.S. Veterans Administration (VA) medical facility in San Francisco, California. Dkt. No. 33 (first amended complaint or FAC) ¶¶ 11-12, 18-19. His family members, namely his spouse Kathryn Ruth Kasch, his son Kyle Newport, and his daughter Maria Mercedes Newport, allege that the transportation company, Owl, Inc., negligently failed to secure Newport’s wheelchair in its van. Id. ¶ 19. Newport flipped backwards while the van was in motion, which caused the trauma that eventually led to Newport’s passing. Id. ¶¶ 18-19. The Court is advised the Newport family has a negligence…