UNITED STATES v. MASSACHUSETTS BONDING & INS. CO.

No. 5024.

227 F.2d 385 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellant, v. MASSACHUSETTS BONDING AND INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1955.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Forman, Washington, D. C., with whom Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anthony Julian, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., and Paul A. Sweeney, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Edward A. Crane, John R. Kewer, John M. Hogan, Russell J. Coffin, Dale Vincent and Jules E. Angoff, Boston, Mass., for appellees.

Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, and WOODBURY and HARTIGAN, Circuit Judges.


MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.

A complaint under the Federal Tort Claims Act was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, seeking recovery against the United States of money damages on account of the death of Jeremiah C. Crowley. The death was caused by the alleged negligent operation of traveling cranes by various government employees at the Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., while acting within the scope of their employment.

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