Baker v. United States

THOMSEN, District Judge.

The question to be decided is whether these actions are barred because they were not begun within two years after the claims accrued, as required by the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b). A hearing has been held at which the court received, by agreement of counsel, a written stipulation of facts, an oral stipulation of additional facts, and several statements and letters.

Plaintiffs’ claims arise out of a three-car automobile accident on the Baltmore-Washington Parkway just south of the Baltimore Beltway on 15 June 1965. All the cars were northbound ; the…