UNITED STATES v. HORSFALL

No. 6074.

270 F.2d 107 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Waldean HORSFALL, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

August 21, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert E. Morris, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Wilbur G. Leonard, U. S. Atty., Topeka, Kan., and Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Leonard W. Pipkin, Jr., and George A. Scott, Topeka, Kan., for appellee.

Before MURRAH, PICKETT and BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judges.


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

Horsfall sued under the Federal Tort Claims Act and recovered an $85,440.06 judgment for a broken leg. The United States does not contest liability. The sole point urged for reversal is that the findings as to permanent disability lack the specificity required by Rule 52(a), F.R.Civ.P., 28 U.S.C.A.

Horsfall received a serious fracture of the right leg which totally incapacitated him up to the time of the trial and which required...

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