PLATIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 43-68.

409 F.2d 1009 (1969)

Nick PLATIS, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES, Appellant. Kenneth JONES, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES, Appellant. George MARICICH, Jr., Appellee, v. UNITED STATES, Appellant. Helen DAY and Roban Day, Appellees, v. UNITED STATES, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

April 28, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia S. Baptiste, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., William T. Thurman, U. S. Atty., and Morton Hollander, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were with her on the brief) for appellant.

Paul N. Cotro-Manes and Tom G. Platis, Salt Lake City, Utah (Therald N. Jensen, Price, Utah, was with them on the brief) for appellees.

Before LEWIS, BREITENSTEIN and HICKEY, Circuit Judges.


LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is taken by the United States after entry of judgments by the District Court for the District of Utah imposing liability on the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b) and 2671, for damages to appellees from personal injuries and wrongful death as the result of an automobile accident occurring near Greenriver, Utah, on June 25, 1965. The appeal probes generally the relationship existent between...

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