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ROTKO v. ABRAMS

Civ. No. B-86.

338 F.Supp. 46 (1971)

Russell J. ROTKO and Florence Rotko v. General Creighton B. ABRAMS, Individually and as Commanding General, U.S. Armed Forces in Vietnam, et al.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

July 20, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Gruber, Stamford, Conn., for plaintiffs; Faulkner & Schmidt, New York City, of counsel.

Stewart H. Jones, U. S. Atty., Richard L. Winter, Asst. U. S. Atty., Bridgeport, Conn., J. Charles Kruse, Trial Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ZAMPANO, District Judge.

In this action the plaintiffs seek to recover money damages from the United States and certain of its officers and agents in the Armed Forces for the death of their son in Vietnam.

The complaint alleges that the plaintiffs' decedent, Russell J. Rotko, Jr., enlisted in the Marines on March 14, 1967. In February of 1968 he was wounded in Vietnam, transferred to Japan for medical treatment, and in March...

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