Meara v. United States

SHELBOURNE, Chief Judge.

This action was instituted February 13, 1953, by plaintiff John William Meara, an infant about four years of age, suing by his father and next friend William D. Meara, against the United States, under the Tort Claims Act, codified in Title 28, United States Code, Section 1346(b) and Section 1402(b).

Plaintiff seeks a recovery of damages in the sum of $35,000, for injuries sustained by him November 16, 1952, when an explosive, described in the evidence as a “mine detonator” fuse M1A2 exploded when the plaintiff was playing with the explosive in the back yard of an…