Phillips v. United States

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a retired Chief Warrant Officer in the United States Navy, was injured on November 2, 1956, at approximately 11:00 P.M., while riding as a passenger in a Navy ambulance which was involved in a collision with a bus, owned and operated by the Virginia Transit Company, at the intersection of City Hall Avenue and Church Street, Norfolk, Virginia. He institutes this action against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). The United States, seeking contribution between joint tort-feasors under Virginia law, has…