FLEISHOUR v. UNITED STATES

No. 15433.

365 F.2d 126 (1966)

Clinton Martin FLEISHOUR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

July 7, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer Gertz, Sidney Z. Karasik, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, U. S. Atty., John Peter Lulinski, Lawrence Jay Weiner, Thomas W. James, Asst. U. S. Attys., Chicago, Ill., Alan S. Rosenthal, Richard S. Salzman, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, KNOCH, Circuit Judge, and GRUBB, District Judge.


KNOCH, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff-appellant, Clinton Martin Fleishour, sued under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2674, to recover damages for personal injuries arising out of an incident at McNeil Island, Washington, a federal penitentiary, when he was assaulted and battered by a fellow prisoner, Troy Lee Stringfellow. The case was tried on the severed issue of liability alone.

The plaintiff's position is that the government...

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