STEPHENSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 84-3017.

771 F.2d 1105 (1985)

Rickey L. STEPHENSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Grutzner, Grutzner Byron Holland & Vollmer, Beloit, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

James C. Ratzel, Asst. U.S. Atty., Madison, Wis., for defendant-appellee.

Before WOOD and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and WEIGEL, Senior District Judge.


WEIGEL, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Rickey Stephenson brought this action against defendant-appellee United States of America (the "government"), to recover for injuries sustained when he was struck by a government vehicle driven by a government employee. The district court determined that the employee was not acting within the scope of his employment at the time of the accident, and dismissed the action.

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