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BOWMAN v. U.S.

No. 86-3597.

820 F.2d 1393 (1987)

Loyd P. BOWMAN, Administrator of the Estate of Steven Wayne Bowman; Loyd P. Bowman, Administrator of the Estate of Michael Lloyd Bowman; Loyd P. Bowman, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1987.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Sitton, Jr. (Underwood, Kinsey & Warren, P.A. on brief) for plaintiff-appellant.

Clifford Carson Marshall, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty. (Charles R. Brewer, U.S. Atty., on brief) for defendant-appellee.

Before WIDENER, and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge.

CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Loyd Bowman was injured and his sons Steven and Michael were killed when their car slid off the Blue Ridge Parkway and tumbled down an embankment. Bowman brought this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq. 1984, alleging that the United States was negligent in failing either to place a guard rail along the embankment, erect signs warning travelers of the dangerous embankment, or...

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