COLVIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 71-1221.

479 F.2d 998 (1973)

R. H. COLVIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 8, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. Warner Lee, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Richard K. Burke, U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., for defendant-appellant.

James W. Stewart (argued), Collins, Hays, Stewart, Sanford, Berg & Pott, Inc., San Jose, Cal., J. R. Babbitt, Flagstaff, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ELY, CARTER and TRASK, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge:

Mary E. Colvin was killed in an auto accident in which the driver was a Government employee. Colvin, the appellee, commenced the action below under the Federal Tort Claims Act, claiming damages for wrongful death as the surviving spouse of Mary E. Colvin; and also brought the action on behalf of Mary Carol Davis, the daughter of Colvin and his wife, and Shirley Ann Eitrein, a daughter of Mrs. Colvin by a former marriage...

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