WOODS v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 19770.

197 F.Supp. 841 (1961)

Catherine WOODS, an infant, by her Guardian ad Litem, Robert Woods, and Robert Woods, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

August 11, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph La Gattuta, New York City, by John E. Dolan, Jr., Patchogue, N. Y., of counsel, for plaintiffs.

Joseph P. Hoey, Jr., U. S. Atty., by John H. Hammer, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., for defendant.


RAYFIEL, District Judge.

The plaintiff, injured by a Post Office Department truck owned by the defendant and operated by one of its employees in the regular course of his employment, commenced this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (Title 28 U.S.Code §§ 1346(b) and 2671) to recover damages therefor.

The accident occurred on Huron Street, in the Town of Terryville, Suffolk County, New York, on February 19, 1959. Huron Street runs north and...

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