United States v. South Carolina State Highway Department

PARKER, Chief Judge.

This -is an appeal by the United States from an adverse judgment in an action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 921 et seq., 1 to recover the damages sustained when the government owned vessel, Nicaragua Victory, crashed into the Grace Memorial Bridge over Cooper River at Charleston, S. C. The action was brought by the South Carolina State Highway Department in behalf of itself, as owner of the bridge, and various insurance companies, from which it had collected insurance on account of the damage. The insurance companies were joined as parties…