DIBBLE v. UNITED STATES

No. 66 C 918.

295 F.Supp. 669 (1968)

William B. DIBBLE and Nancy D. Dibble, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

April 4, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart B. Bradley, John W. McMurray, of Bradley, Eaton, Jackman & McGovern, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

H. M. Katz, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., and Thomas A. Foran, U. S. Atty., for defendant.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

AUSTIN, District Judge.

On June 13, 1964, William Dibble was attempting to enter the harbor at Great Lakes Naval Training Station in his boat when he collided with the breakwater protecting the harbor. He and his wife, the only other person in the boat at the time, instituted this suit against the Government, claiming that one of the navigation lights in the harbor was negligently maintained and that its improper operation...

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