UNITED STATES v. GLENN

No. 14860.

231 F.2d 884 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Michael GLENN, a minor, by and through his guardian ad litem, Ida Mae Glenn, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul A. Sweeney, Marcus A. Rowden, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Leonard G. Ratner, Samuel A. Rosenthal, Norman Warren Alschuler, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, ORR and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges.


CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.

Michael Glenn was injured at birth when he was born on December 5, 1949, at the United States Naval Air Station Hospital at Seattle, Washington. Someone was careless. He was dropped on the floor, suffered a head injury and apparently will bear the burden of the injury for life.

On November 12, 1953, the minor by his mother as guardian, sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act.1 In the lapse...

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