BARRON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 79-4492, 79-4564.

654 F.2d 644 (1981)

Patrick W. BARRON, Plaintiff/Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. MAITLAND BROTHERS COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant/Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Cronin, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Barron.

John R. Lacy, Honolulu, Hawaii, Eloise E. Davies, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for U. S. A.

Before KILKENNY, SNEED and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

In highly condensed form, the facts of this case are that an injured employee (Barron) of a government contractor (Maitland Brothers Company) seeks to recover his entire damages from the United States pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671 et seq., while the United States, if held so liable to the employee, seeks to recover from the government-contractor-employer its proper share of the total damages. The...

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