UNITED STATES v. FARMER

No. 19116.

400 F.2d 107 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Betty Fuller FARMER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

August 14, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Kanter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant; Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., James P. Rielly, U. S. Atty., Des Moines, Iowa, and Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief.

Bruce B. Graves, of Swift, Brown, Winick & Randall, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellee; Ralph R. Randall, Des Moines, Iowa, of the same firm on the brief.

Before MATTHES and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and REGISTER, Chief District Judge.


MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

This litigation originated as a routine suit for damages for personal injuries between two individuals. Shortly after its inception the case assumed the posture of an action against the United States under 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), popularly referred to as the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Betty Fuller Farmer (plaintiff) sued Edward Ralph Bettin in the Polk County District Court of the State of Iowa, seeking to recover for injuries she sustained...

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