Alar v. United States

This appeal, calling for the review of sharply disputed oral testimony about an automobile accident, is obviously foredoomed to failure; we do not review findings of fact that are not “clearly erroneous.” Fed.Rules Civ.Proc. rule 52(a). Here plaintiff sued for personal injuries sustained by her when the car in which she was riding, owned and operated by Edward Staffe, collided with a government mail truck, operated by Philip LaPorte, shortly after midnight on August 17, 1950, at the intersection of 94th Street and 23d Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City. Staffe was driving the…