GILMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 13305.

206 F.2d 846 (1953)

GILMAN v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

August 3, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker, Stanbury, Reese & McGee, Wm. C. Wetherbee, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Walter S. Binns, U. S. Atty., Clyde C. Downing, Reuben Rosensweig, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., Samuel D. Slade, T. S. L. Perlman, Attys., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before POPE, Circuit Judge, and McCORMICK and HARRISON, District Judges.


POPE, Circuit Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether the United States, after suffering judgment against it under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346(b), for injuries arising from the negligent operation of a government automobile, may recover, by way of indemnity, the amount of such judgment from its employee, the driver who was guilty of the negligence which caused the injuries.

Appellee Darnell brought the original action...

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