3719 The immunity granted to the U.S. Navy by federal statutes and decisions is not based on a declaration that it owes no duty or is committing no tort, and so it is proper to instruct a jury to include the Navy in its allocation of fault under Proposition 51 (Civil Code section 1431.2).CitationTAYLOR v JOHN CRANE INC (Navy Immunity) 113 CA4 1063 [See: CivC 1431.2; 28 USC 2680(a); DaFonte v UpRight 2 C4 593, Richards v OwensIllinois 14 C4 985, T/AT 2/97; Feres v US 340 US 135; Stencel v US 431 US 666]
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