Buck Ex Rel. Buck v. United States

ARONOVITZ, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE came on for trial before this Court, (a visiting judge), sitting without jury, in the Post Office Building at Tampa, Florida. Trial commenced on Tuesday, April 19, 1977, at 9:30 A.M., and concluded on Saturday, April 23,1977, at 12:00 Noon. The Court has bifurcated the trial on the merits for the purpose of determination of the issue of liability.

At the outset of the trial and before its commencement there had been no bilateral Pretrial Stipulation filed herein because of a disagreement between counsel for the United States and counsel for the Plaintiffs.…