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CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S v. UNITED STATES

No. 74-1613.

511 F.2d 159 (1975)

CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 14, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold A. Thomas, Henry B. Alsobrook, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U. S. Atty., Michaelle Pitard, James D. Carriere, Mary Williams Cazalas, Asst. U. S. Attys., New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's brought suit against the United States for contribution as a joint tortfeasor to the amount paid in settlement of a medical malpractice suit. The district court granted summary judgment in the United States' favor. A military serviceman had previously sued the surgeon and nurses of the United States Public Health Service for negligence during an operation in a United States hospital in Louisiana. That suit was...

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