Legal Opinion
Field v. United States
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 13, 1952No. 48 C 1078PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LA BUY, District Judge.
The above cause was brought pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act to. recover for damages to plaintiff’s automobile as a result of the alleged negligence of an employee of the United States. The government answered denying the allegations of the complaint and specifically denying the employee was acting within the scope of his employment at the time of the accident. Subsequently, the government moved for a summary judgment submitting an affidavit of said employee wherein he averred he had gone off on a frolic and detour of his own at the time the…
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