Canon v. United States

MURPHY, District Judge.

This suit is brought under the Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 921 et seq., 1948 Revision, 28 U.S.C.A. § 2671 et seq.

At a prior trial of the same cause, the Court granted a motion by the United States for dismissal. Cannon v. United States, D.C.N.D.Cal., 84 F.Supp. 820. On appeal, the judgment was reversed. Canon v. United States, 9 Cir., 188 F.2d 444.

The facts are that plaintiff was a civilian medical secretary or clerk employed in the DeWitt General Hospital at Auburn, California, operated by the Medical Department of the War Department. On June 14, 1945, while she was…