Volume 72 · A19
Private Law 85–372
For the relief of Paul Gustin.
Approved March 28, 1958
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Paul Gustin.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the legal guardian of Paul Gustin, the minor child of Technical Sergeant and Mrs. Roger W. Gustin, the sum of $26,000. Such sum shall be in full satisfaction of the claim of the said Paul Gustin against the United States for compensation for permanent personal injuries, including loss of the left hand, part of the left forearm, and four toes of the left foot, pain and suffering, medical expenses, and future loss of earnings sustained as the result of the said Paul Gustin touching live electrical contacts inside an unguarded high voltage transformer building located near family housing quarters on Rhein-Main Air Force Base, Frankfurt, Germany, on September 14, 1055: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of $1,000 shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved March 28, 1958.