Task: songer_typeiss

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court. Choose among the following categories. Criminal and prisioner petitions- includes appeals of conviction, petitions for post conviction relief, habeas corpus petitions, and other prisoner petitions which challenge the validity of the conviction or the sentence or the validity of continued confinement. Civil - Government - these will include appeals from administrative agencies (e.g., OSHA,FDA), the decisions of administrative law judges, or the decisions of independent regulatory agencies (e.g., NLRB, FCC,SEC). The focus in administrative law is usually on procedural principles that apply to administrative agencies as they affect private interests, primarily through rulemaking and adjudication. Tort actions against the government, including petitions by prisoners which challenge the conditions of their confinement or which seek damages for torts committed by prion officials or by police fit in this category. In addition, this category will include suits over taxes and claims for benefits from government. Diversity of Citizenship - civil cases involving disputes between citizens of different states (remember that businesses have state citizenship). These cases will always involve the application of state or local law. If the case is centrally concerned with the application or interpretation of federal law then it is not a diversity case. Civil Disputes - Private - includes all civil cases that do not fit in any of the above categories. The opposing litigants will be individuals, businesses or groups.

PER CURIAM.
In this personal injury suit the appellant, against which judgment was rendered on a jury verdict, contends that the plaintiff’s admitted conduct amounted to negligence as a matter of law and that such contributory negligence barred recovery. We disagree.
The plaintiff poured gasoline, which he took from a tank of defendant’s assured which was marked “diesel,” into a bucket and ignited it. An explosive fire followed, of course. After the fire had been put out with no injury to plaintiff, the plaintiff then poured some more of the gasoline into the same bucket. It ignited and exploded either from the heat already transferred to the bucket or because smoldering particles were left in the bucket. This explosion injured the plaintiff. Even though it was possible that Ferguson would again proceed to light the gasoline, which would, of course, be gross negligence in light of what had just occurred, this is not what caused the injury. There is nothing in the record to indicate that Ferguson knew that the gasoline would become ignited upon being put into the bucket. There was no proof that there were any sparks or embers in the bucket or what temperature in such a container would cause an explosion from heat alone. The proven facts are not such as would warrant our concluding as a matter of law that Ferguson was negligent. Cf. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Laborde, 5 Cir., 257 F.2d 587; United States F. & G. Co. v. McCullough, 5 Cir., 202 F.2d 269.
The judgment is affirmed.

Question: What is the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court?
A. criminal and prisoner petitions
B. civil - government
C. diversity of citizenship
D. civil - private
E. other, not applicable
F. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: B