REWIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 73-2340.

503 F.2d 1202 (1974)

Mrs. Annie Laurie REWIS, as Temporary Administratrix of the Estate of JoAnn Rewis, Deceased, and Mrs. Annie Laurie Rewis and Joseph Sidney Rewis, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Bergen, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

R. Jackson B. Smith, Jr., U. S. Atty., Henry L. Whisenhunt, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Augusta, Ga., Tom Young, Atty. U. S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div.-Tort Section, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied January 27, 1975. See 506 F.2d 1386.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This is the third appeal of this case to this Court. It is a Federal Tort Claims Act suit brought under 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680. The action is brought by the parents of their fifteen months old child, JoAnn Rewis, both in their representative and individual capacities. The gist of the action is the failure of the Medical Officer...

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