RYDER v. UNITED STATES

No. 10745.

373 F.2d 73 (1967)

Hazel M. RYDER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, and Richard R. Ryder, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Rabinowitz, Norfolk, Va. (Kelsey & Rabinowitz and Stant, Moss, Rafal & Stokes, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Edward Berlin, Atty., Dept. of Justice (John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., and David L. Rose, Atty., Dept. of Justice, and Claude V. Spratley, Jr., U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee United States.

Before BOREMAN and BRYAN, Circuit Judges, and RUSSELL, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

By libel Hazel M. Ryder charged the respondent United States with negligence causing her fall and injuries when stepping from the deck of a private yacht to a Navy seaplane, moored in the Rappahannock not far from Deltaville, Virginia. 46 U.S.C. § 781. She now appeals from the District Court's denial of recovery. We affirm.

The findings of the District Judge, derived from conflicting evidence and now not questioned, give this detail of the...

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