VAN SICKEL v. UNITED STATES

No. 16841.

285 F.2d 87 (1960)

Patricia VAN SICKEL, Michael John Van Sickel, Patricia Ann Van Sickel, et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

December 15, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grace M. Wallis, Oakland, Cal., Harry I. Sky, Beverly Hills, Andreasen Thompson & Gore, Oceanside, Cal., for appellants.

George C. Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Morton Hollander, Mark R. Joelson, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before ORR, HAMLIN and JERTBERG, Circuit Judges.


JERTBERG, Circuit Judge.

Appellants appeal from the order of the district court dismissing their complaint filed against the United States for damages which it is alleged they sustained because of the allegedly wrongful death of Sergeant Donald Francis Van Sickel [the deceased husband of appellant Patricia Van Sickel, and the deceased father of the other appellants who are minor children of the decedent and appellant Patricia Van Sickel] who, while on active duty...

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