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UNITED STATES v. ADAMS

No. 14782.

212 F.2d 912 (1954)

UNITED STATES v. ADAMS.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 14, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Dorsey, U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., Slaton Clemmons, Rome, Ga., Charles D. Read, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., F. Douglas King, Asst. U. S. Attys., Newman, Ga., for appellant.

Nick Long, Jr., Ben Weinberg, Jr., T. J. Long, Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and HOLMES, and BORAH, Circuit Judges.

BORAH, Circuit Judge.

Brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act1 this suit was for damages for personal injuries resulting from the capsizing of a defective pallet crate which fell with and upon plaintiff by reason of the negligence of an employee of defendant in loading said defective pallet crate on a fork-lift hoist truck.

The United States denied the charge of negligence and alleged that the injury complained of was caused...

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