HICKS v. UNITED STATES

No. 10432.

368 F.2d 626 (1966)

Harry J. HICKS, Administrator of the Estate of Carol Greitens, deceased, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 27, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Coureas and Jack K. Moulton, Norfolk, Va., for appellant.

Roger T. Williams, Asst. U. S. Atty. (C. V. Spratley, Jr., U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF and BRYAN, Circuit Judges, and HEMPHILL, District Judge.


SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:

This action was brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346, to recover damages for the death of Carol Greitens. The plaintiff, administrator of her estate, alleges that death was due to the negligence of the doctor on duty at the dispensary of the United States Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Virginia, in diagnosing and treating her illness. The District Court, concluding that the evidence was insufficient to establish...

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