ROBERSON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 20832-20834.

382 F.2d 714 (1967)

Jack ROBERSON and William Rodgers, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. MERRITT-CHAPMAN & SCOTT CORPORATION, Appellee. MERRITT-CHAPMAN & SCOTT CORPORATION, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Wilmer, Charles M. Brewer, Daniel C. Olney, Herbert Mallamo, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellants Roberson & Rogers.

Barefoot Sanders, Asst. Atty. Gen., Alan S. Rosenthal, Howard J. Kashner, Attys., Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Richard C. Gormley, U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., for the United States.

John H. Westover, O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, Phoenix, Ariz., for Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp.

Before HAMLEY and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and MATHES Senior District Judge.


Rehearing Denied in No. 20832, October 26, 1962.

HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:

Jack Roberson and William Rodgers brought this action against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-80 (1964). They seek damages for personal injuries sustained when they fell while engaged in construction work at Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River, near Page, Arizona. At the time of the accident they were employees of Merritt-Chapman...

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