Frank G. Beltran and Rosemary Beltran v. United States of America, Kevin Ward and Elizabeth Ward v. United States

24 F.3d 244 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Frank G. BELTRAN and Rosemary Beltran, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Kevin WARD and Elizabeth Ward, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 93-15040, 93-15041. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 18, 1994. Decided May 4, 1994. 1 Before: REINHARDT and LEAVY, Circuit Judges, and McLAUGHLIN, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Plaintiffs Ward and Beltran appeal the grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States. On appeal, the cases have been consolidated. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We affirm. 4 * Background 5 Plaintiffs, the employees of a subcontractor, were injured on the job during the construction of a United States Post Office in Half Moon Bay, California. The terms of the contract between the United States and the independent general contractor, Hodgson…