Adams v. United States

MEMORANDUM

NEALON, District Judge.

This is a Federal Tort Claims Act1 case in which plaintiffs seek to recover from the United States Government for the death of their son, Clifford Francis Adams, who they allege was fatally injured on Randolph Road, Coco Solo, Canal Zone, Panama, when struck by a vehicle negligently operated by Richard Thoma,s Burrows, an employee of the United States. According to plaintiffs’ complaint, at the time of the accident Burrows “ * * * was regularly in the service and employ of the United States of America, and was acting within the scope of his employment.”…