Cline v. United States

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

FULTON, Chief Judge.

This action was brought by Margaret Ann Cline under the Federal Tort Claims Act. She seeks to recover damages which she claims to have sustained when her automobile was struck by a United States mail truck, which was then being operated by an employee of the Government. The accident occurred on November 13, 1964 on a main east-west thoroughfare in the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Prior to trial the Government admitted negligence by the driver of the mail truck, and admitted that the said driver was, at the time of the accident,…