VIA v. UNITED STATES

No. 7597.

253 F.2d 950 (1958)

James A. VIA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 15, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Via, pro se.

Henry St. J. FitzGerald, Asst. U. S. Atty., Alexandria, Va. (L. S. Parsons, Jr., U. S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., on brief) for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, SOPER, Circuit Judge, and PAUL, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant, a civilian employee of the United States Army, engaged as a painter at the Officers Club at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, brought this suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U. S.C.A. § 1346. His claim was for injuries to his heel, sustained in alighting from the rear of a truck which had transported him and a number of others to McKensie Hall, on the post.

Plaintiff's version is that when the truck came to a stop the driver announced...

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