GALLART-MENDIA v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 118-62.

229 F.Supp. 284 (1964)

Joaquin GALLART-MENDIA, as Manager of the State Insurance Fund of Puerto Rico, ex rel. Juana ROSA-RIVERA, individually, Juana Rosa-Rivera, as mother with patria potestas of the minor child Efrain Silva-Rosa, Juana Rosa-Rivera, as adult with patria potestas of the minor children Wilfredo de Jesus, and Nelson de Jesus, and Gregorio Silva-Rosa, Ana Vitalia Silva-Rosa, Cruz Maria Silva-Rosa, and Juana Rosa-Rivera, as mother with patria potestas of the minor child, Ana Elsa Silva-Rosa, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court D. Puerto Rico.

May 15, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Dexter, San Juan, P.R., for Joaquin Gallart-Mendia.

Nachman & Feldstein, San Juan, P.R., for the other plaintiffs.

Francisco A. Gil, Jr., U. S. Atty., and Benicio Sanchez Rivera, Ass't. U. S. Atty., San Juan, P.R., for defendant.


RUIZ-NAZARIO, Chief Judge.

FINDINGS OF FACTS

1. — On July 22, 1961, Samuel B. Potter was an employee and agent of the United States Army and the United States of America.

2. — At approximately 7:00 A.M. on said date, the aforesaid Samuel B. Potter was operating a government vehicle under the color of his authority and within the scope of his employment on Highway 866 in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

3. — At the aforesaid...

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