PITTMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 18503.

341 F.2d 739 (1965)

Mark PITTMAN, a minor, by and through his Guardian ad litem Milan L. Pittman, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Freed, Inglewood, Cal., for appellant.

John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sherman L. Cohn, Pauline B. Heller, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Cecil F. Poole, U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, MERRILL and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.


CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.

Mark Pittman on July 13, 1959, was nine years of age. He was playing in the residential area of a Navy installation at Vallejo, California, and the driver of a Navy motor vehicle ran into him. He suffered injuries.

Suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act1 was commenced on December 18, 1961, for the minor by his father, Milan L. Pittman. Shortly before the complaint was filed, the latter was appointed guardian...

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