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DUPREE v. UNITED STATES

No. 12617.

264 F.2d 140 (1959)

Eugene DUPREE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided February 24, 1959.

As Amended March 10, 1959.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Woolston, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

John G. Laughlin, Washington, D. C. (George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harold K. Wood, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., Samuel D. Slade, Douglas A. Kahn, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before McLAUGHLIN, KALODNER and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.

KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

Can an action for damages be maintained against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act1 on a claim premised upon an alleged negligent interference with a merchant seaman's prospective economic advantage, viz., future employment?

That is the critical question presented by this appeal from the Order of the District Court dismissing a complaint filed by Eugene Dupree, a licensed ship's master...

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