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UNITED STATES v. HUTCHINS

No. 13590.

268 F.2d 69 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant, v. Sybil HUTCHINS, by next friend, Vera Inez Hutchins, Plaintiff-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

June 10, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lionel Kestenbaum, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Morton Hollander, Washington, D. C., John C. Crawford, Jr., U. S. Atty., Knoxville, Tenn., on the brief, for appellant.

Sidney Davis, Clinton, Tenn., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Judge, and ALLEN and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

MARTIN, Chief Judge.

This action, brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, presents unusual circumstances. A fourteen-year-old girl sued the United States for damages for personal injuries resulting from the gross negligence of her father, in whose automobile she was riding, when he attempted to elude police officers who had placed him under arrest for a misdemeanor. Plaintiff's father is now in the State Penitentiary serving a sentence on a charge of manslaughter...

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