Colerick v. United States

DeVANE, District Judge.

Plaintiff brings this suit against defendant under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 921 et seq, to recover damages for injuries received and expenditures made incident thereto, growing out of an accident that happened on August 27,1947, at Pensacola, Florida.

The complaint alleges and the evidence shows that about 7:20 a. m. plaintiff was riding his small motorcycle in a southerly direction along Spring Street. There is a traffic light at the intersection of Spring Street with Cervantes Street. As plaintiff approached the intersection the traffic light turned…