Milda Dabol v. United States

BROWNING, Circuit Judge.

Mrs. Dabol appeals from an adverse judgment in an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act. 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346(b), 1402(b), 2671-2680.

The district court found that while crossing a street in a marked crosswalk not controlled by a traffic signal, Mrs. Dabol passed in front of a vehicle stopped halfway across the crosswalk in the first lane, and, without looking to determine whether traffic was approaching, walked into the side of a slow-moving Air Force vehicle in the next lane. The court concluded that “Milda Dabol was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of…