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PORTER v. UNITED STATES

Civ. Nos. 4341, 4352.

128 F.Supp. 590 (1955)

John A. PORTER, a minor, by his Guardian Ad Litem, Mrs. Alvarene Jones, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Cecil W. PORTER, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

February 4, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Grimball and C. T. Graydon, Columbia, S. C., for plaintiffs.

N. Welch Morrisette, Jr., U. S. Atty., and Irvine F. Belser, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Columbia, S. C., for defendant.

WILKIN, District Judge.

These two cases were combined for trial because they arose out of the same circumstances. The jurisdiction of this Court arises from the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq. The plaintiff, John Porter, a minor about twelve years old, seeks damages for an injury which he received to his left hand from an explosion of a military trip-flare fuse. The plaintiff, Cecil Porter, father of John Porter, seeks damages...

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