Nichols v. United States

HOFFMAN, District Judge.

In this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671-2680, plaintiff was injured on May 27, 1955, while on duty as an engineer operating an engine of the Virginian Railway at the Sewells Point Yard which is located in the immediate vicinity of the Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia. A radio aerial antenna weight, with approximately five feet of copper wire attached, became detached from a low flying naval aircraft and struck the cab door of the engine operated by plaintiff in such a manner that the same was caused to enter the cab stricking plaintiff on…