ORLEANS v. UNITED STATES

No. 74-1496.

509 F.2d 197 (1975)

Joseph V. ORLEANS, by his father and next friend, Joseph A. Orleans, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

January 13, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Pfau, Jr., Pfau, Comstock & Spinger, Youngstown, Ohio, James P. Murphy, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Charles F. Clarke, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frederick M. Coleman, U. S. Atty., D. D. Weisberger, James Diggs, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant-appellee.

Before PECK and LIVELY, Circuit Judges, and McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.


LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

This action was filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act to recover for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff in an automobile accident. Plaintiff was one of a group of children who had been taken to a recreational area some distance from their homes on an outing which was part of the program of the Westlawn Neighborhood Opportunity Center (Westlawn). Westlawn was an "activity" of the Warren-Trumbull Council for Economic Opportunity, Inc...

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