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BEELER v. UNITED STATES

No. 14784.

338 F.2d 687 (1964)

Judith BEELER, a Minor, by Charles Beeler and Ruth Beeler, Her Parents and Natural Guardians, and Charles Beeler and Ruth Beeler, in Their Own Right, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided November 20, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Feeney, McArdle, Harrington, Feeney & McLaughlin, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellants.

Leavenworth Colby, Dept of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HASTIE and FORMAN, Circuit Judges, and KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

In this case the cause of action pleaded derives from an injury to the plaintiff, incurred when a boat in which she was a passenger was swept over a dam in the Allegheny River. The complaint charged that the accident was due to the negligent failure of the Corps of Engineers to post properly located signs warning water craft of the dam. These facts, concisely set out in the complaint, stated a cause of action of maritime tort, cognizable...

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