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BEASON v. UNITED STATES

No. 25237.

396 F.2d 2 (1968)

J. Carl BEASON and Vesta G. Barnett, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 31, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hollis C. Thompson, Jr., Gulfport, Miss., Wm. B. Baggett, Lake Charles, La., Sydney B. Nelson, Shreveport, La., Mize, Thompson & Mize, Gulfport, Miss., Pugh & Nelson, Shreveport, La., Long, Strong, Jackson & Strong, Carthage, Tex., Baggett, Hawsey & McClain, Lake Charles, La., for appellants.

Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Joseph E. Brown, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., Edwin R. Holmes, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., for Appellee United States.

Before TUTTLE and DYER, Circuit Judges, and MEHRTENS, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the District Court's order granting summary judgment in favor of the United States in a Federal Tort Claims Act suit. Appellants, employees of an independent contractor doing construction work for the United States, fell and were injured when rigging, owned by the contractor, being used to hoist a hangar door into place broke, causing the door to fall through the scaffolding on which appellants were working. Appellants urge that...

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