Yole Rita Mendiola and Eulalio Mendiola, Sr. v. United States

ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Yole Rita Mendiola and Eulalio Mendiola, Sr. (collectively the “Mendiolas”) are appealing the district court’s judgment against them in this Federal Tort Claims Act case, arising out of an automobile accident which involved a United States government employee. After a bench trial on the issue of liability only, the district court determined that the collision was unavoidable, the government employee was not negligent, and the conduct of the employee was not a proximate cause of Mrs. Mendiola’s injuries. The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to the Federal…