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CHAMBERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 18021.

357 F.2d 224 (1966)

James CHAMBERS and Lydia Chambers, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

March 3, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. Zempel, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants.

Harold F. Reis, Executive Asst. to Atty. Gen., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Morton Hollander and Robert V. Zener, Attorneys, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and F. Russell Millin, U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT and MEHAFFY, Circuit Judges, and VAN PELT, District Judge.

MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs James and Lydia Chambers brought this action against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq., seeking damages for the death of their son, Airman Third Class John E. Chambers.

The complaint alleged that on the date of his death, decedent was an enlisted man in the United States Air Force assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base in Johnson County, Missouri; that the United...

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