Roger Graham Sylvia Graham v. United States of America, a Sovereign Nation

29 F.3d 632 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Roger GRAHAM; Sylvia Graham, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, a sovereign nation, Defendant-Appellee. No. 93-15084. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 17, 1994. Decided July 12, 1994. Before: HUG, SCHROEDER, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Roger Graham was seriously injured when he inhaled chlorine vapors while preparing to clean a swimming pool at a federal weapons testing complex in Nevada. At the time of his injury, Graham was employed by an independent contractor that had been hired by the government to perform maintenance services at the complex. One of the contractor's duties was to maintain the pool. On the day of the injury, chlorine vapors had accumulated in a storage shed adjacent to the pool because a large container of pool chemicals had been left open. 1 Graham inhaled the vapors and has since been diagnosed with chronic chemical…