Hamilton v. United States

JOHN L. MILLER, District Judge.

This is a proceeding brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671-2680. The plaintiff’s decedent was fatally electrocuted on August 30, 1949, while employed by the third-party defendant, then engaged in the performance of a contract with the United States to place the Keystone Ordnance Works near Geneva, Pennsylvania, in a stand-by condition. The complaint of the plaintiff administrator sets forth causes of action under the Pennsylvania Wrongful Death and Survival'statutes. 12 P.S. §§ 1601-1604; 20 P.S. § 320.601 et seq.

Findings of Fact

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