Glenn ex rel. Glenn v. United States

MATHES, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a minor now five years old, by his mother as guardian ad litem, invokes the, jurisdiction of this court under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), to sue for damages for injuries including cerebral palsy and other disabilities, alleged to have been sustained at the time of birth, or soon thereafter, by being dropped on his head by employees of the Dispensary at the United States Naval Air Station in Seattle, Washington.

Plaintiff was born on December 5, 1949, but the original complaint in this action was not filed until almost four years…