Caramagno v. United States

SWEENEY, District Judge.

This is an action brought under a special congressional act (H.R. 6469) which conferred jurisdiction on this court to hear, determine, and render judgment, as if the United States were suable in tort, upon the claim of Anthony Caramagno for damages, alleged to have been caused by blasting operations, to a restaurant and two houses at Salisbury, Massachusetts, owned by him.

The petition alleges that certain blasting and excavating “was done negligently, carelessly, and in an improper manner, and without taking suitable precautions to prevent injury to the petitioner’s…