Rushford v. United States

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment, summarily dismissing his complaint against the United States, brought under the “Federal Tort Claims Act.”1 The judgment was based solely upon the complaint and answer, together with a release granted by the plaintiff to three partners, the owners of a truck, that had caused the personal injuries for which he sued. The complaint alleged that the United States was engaged in a “Reconversion Housing Project”;2 and had employed “a project engineer” to inspect the machinery used in its construction. The United States had let out the project by a contract…