Government Employees Insurance Company v. United States

HILL, Circuit Judge.

Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO), a third-party defendant below, appeals from a judgment entered in favor of the United States as a third-party plaintiff in a negligence action originally instituted against one Alfred Pittman, a serviceman in the United States Army. On October 24, 1964, while in the process of changing duty stations, Pittman, an insured of GEICO under an automobile liability insurance policy, was involved in an automobile collision. Pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) and § 2671 et seq., the United States has become…