GARRETT v. JEFFCOAT

No. 72-2363.

483 F.2d 590 (1973)

John E. GARRETT, Appellant, v. John Wesley JEFFCOAT and the United States of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 9, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. G. Lynn, Jr., Aiken, S.C., (W. G. Lynn, and Henderson, Salley, Bodenheimer & Lynn, Aiken, S.C., on brief) for appellant.

Daniel Fulton, Asst. U.S. Atty., (John K. Grisso, U.S. Atty., on brief) for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL and FIELD, Circuit Judges.


FIELD, Circuit Judge:

On June 15, 1971, John E. Garrett was a passenger in an automobile owned and operated by Hastings A. Thomas, an employee of the United States Department of Agriculture, when it was involved in a collision with a vehicle driven by John Wesley Jeffcoat resulting in serious injuries to Garrett. It is conceded that at the time Thomas was acting within the scope of his employment.

Garrett filed an administrative claim with the Department of...

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