Mason & Dixon Lines v. Shore

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NEESE, District Judge.

This is an action by the plaintiff for money damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671 et seq., 1346(b). The plaintiff claims that the United States is liable to it for the loss of property caused by the negligent operation of his automobile by Mr. Bailey M. Shore, on April 19, 1972, when he was a member of the Air Force of the United States, acting in the line of duty, under circumstances where the United States, if a private person, would be liable to it in accordance with the law of Tennessee.

The defendant Mr. Shore moved for a…