Cobb v. United States

BLACK, District Judge.

Plaintiff as a resident of California seeks recovery from the United States under- the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 2671 to 2679, inclusive, as revised by Public Law 773, 80th Congress, 2nd Session, Chapter 646, for grievous personal injuries sustained in Okinawa on October 23, 1948. He was an employee of a private contractor engaged in military construction for the government on such island and on the evening- in question after working hours had been riding for recreation as a passenger in a Jeep which another employee of said contractor had been permitted to…