WHALEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 77-1297.

598 F.2d 1038 (1979)

Delores Ann WHALEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 21, 1979.

As Amended May 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Levitt, Jr., Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

John L. Bowers, Jr., U. S. Atty., Robert E. Simpson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Knoxville, Tenn., for defendant-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, and WEICK and CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant entered by the District Court after trial on the merits, in an action for damages brought by plaintiff under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671, et seq., against the Government for wrongful death of her husband, David E. Whaley. The suit was for her benefit and for the benefit of their minor child, David E. Whaley, Jr., as the next of kin of the decedent.

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