Mamie Currie, Magnolia Williams, and Irene T. Taylor v. United States

J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from final judgments of the District Court of Maryland in three actions growing out of the same collision which were consolidated for trial below. The opinion is reported at 201 F.Supp. 414 (D.Md.1962). The actions were brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346(b) and 2671-2680, for injuries arising out of a collision between two automobiles, one of which was driven by an F.B.I. Agent.

While stopped behind a school bus on U. S. Route 40 in Maryland, as required by Ann.Code of Md., Art. 66%, § 259, the car in which plaintiffs…