SMOCZYNSKI v. UNITED STATES

No. 15029.

352 F.2d 44 (1965)

Ronald SMOCZYNSKI, a minor by Joseph Smoczynski, his father and next friend, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 27, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Hayes, Jerome H. Torshen, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, U. S. Atty., John Peter Lulinski, John Powers Crowley, Jack B. Schmetterer, Asst. U. S. Attys., Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before DUFFY, SCHNACKENBERG and KNOCH, Circuit Judges.


KNOCH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Ronald Smoczynski, a minor, brought this action by his father and next friend, Joseph Smoczynski, under the Federal Tort Claims Act to recover damages for injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of defendant's agent, the driver of a U. S. Mail truck. A separate trial on the issue of liability was had by the Court sitting without a jury.

At the close of the plaintiff's case, the District Judge sustained the defendant...

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