LEAF v. UNITED STATES

No. 76-1626.

588 F.2d 733 (1978)

Jack LEAF and Marvin Gunnufson, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, and Morris Bean, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

December 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter J. Lack, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants.

James Stotter, II, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellees.

Before GOODWIN and TANG, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs, owners of an aircraft damaged in Mexico, appeal from a summary judgment in favor of defendant United States. We reverse and remand.

Leaf and Gunnufson brought an action against Bean for negligence, and against the United States under 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b),1 on theories of negligence and respondeat superior. They charge that the government was...

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