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JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 77-1068, 77-1069.

600 F.2d 1218 (1979)

King R. JOHNSON, Jr. and Richard A. Johnson, Co-Administrators of the Estate of Louise M. Johnson, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Turley, Jr., U. S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., Glen G. Reid, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., Ronald R. Glancz, Harry R. Silver, Joseph B. Scott, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellant and cross-appellee.

Sutton & Burr, Henry V. Sutton, Charles G. Burr, III, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellees and cross-appellants.

Before CELEBREZZE and LIVELY, Circuit Judges and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves a suit brought by the co-administrators (hereinafter appellees) of the estate of Louise M. Johnson, who died in a fire that destroyed the building where she worked. At the time of her death, the decedent was a part-time civilian dance instructor employed by the Recreation Department of the Naval Air Station Memphis (the Department), located in Millington, Tennessee.

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