ætna Casualty & Surety Co. v. United States

KENNEDY, District Judge.

The complaint in this action alleges that on February 8, 1945, one Peter Vambell, employed by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, was injured near the loading platform of the General Post Office building at 33rd Street and Eighth Avenue, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, as the result of the negligence of post office employees. It is averred that the plaintiff had, prior to that date, issued a workmen’s compensation policy to Vambell’s employer, and that pursuant to the policy Vambell received and accepted certain sums of money due him, but did not within one…