United States v. James S. Myers, Individually and for His Wife, Harriet Myers, and as Natural Guardian and Next Friend of James Myers, a Minor

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a judgment dismissing the third-party complaint of the United States against Government Employees Insurance Company [GEIC] in a suit brought against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. Secs. 1346(b), 2671-2680. The suit was instituted to recover for injuries and damages sustained in an automobile accident involving an automobile owned and operated by a United States employee, Elwood C. Pugh, who at the time of the accident was acting within the scope of his employment. The question before us is whether the United States…