Legal Opinion
Mark Pittman, a Minor, by and Through His Guardian Ad Litem Milan L. Pittman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1965No. 18503_1PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.
Mark Pittman on July 13, 1959, was nine years of age. He was playing in the residential area of a Navy installation at Vallejo, California, and the driver of a Navy motor vehicle ran into him. He suffered injuries.
Suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act 1 was commenced on December 18, 1961, for the minor by his father, Milan L. Pittman. Shortly before the complaint was filed, the latter was appointed guardian ad litem by the district court.
The district court held that 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b) is applicable and dismissed the action 2 This appeal followed.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Federal Crop Ins. Corp. v. MerrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Muskopf v. Corning Hospital DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
- Munro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Reading Co. v. KoonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Lewis Simon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Keith Yazzie Mann v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- Betty Jean Brown, a Minor, by Owen Walter Brown, Her Guardian Ad Litem, and Owen Walter Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
- Harden v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1989
- Leslie E. Portis, an Infant, Who Sues by Her Father and Next Friend, James R. Portis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- Cessna v. MontgomeryIllinois Supreme Court · 1976
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