Harper v. United States Government

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BRODERICK, District Judge.

The plaintiffs, Earline Harper and Benjamin Harrison, have brought this action against the United States pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b).1 The plaintiffs allege that a traffic accident which occurred on February 2, 1973 was proximately caused by the negligence of Sergeant First Class Robert A. Fox while Sergeant Fox was acting within the scope of his employment as a recruiter for the United States Army. Earline Harper contends that as a proximate result of the collision she received certain physical injuries, while…