McCAFFREY v. UNITED STATES

No. 13, Docket 22685.

209 F.2d 490 (1954)

McCAFFREY et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myles J. Lane, U. S. Atty., New York City, John D. Kelly, New York City, of counsel, for appellant.

Greengold & Byrne, New York City, A. Harold Frost, New York City, of counsel, for respondents.

Before CHASE, Chief Judge, and SWAN and MEDINA, Circuit Judges.


MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

The infant plaintiff was injured on January 22, 1948, at approximately 7:30 P.M. on West 204th Street, near Broadway, in New York City, when the driver of a mail truck permitted the vehicle to roll back upon the child as she lay prostrate on the street a short distance behind the rear wheels.

The weather conditions were bad; there had been a heavy fall of snow; and the street was covered with ice and snow. The truck had proceeded up...

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