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YOLKEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 77-2401.

590 F.2d 1303 (1979)

Anthony J. YOLKEN, infant, by his mother and next of friend, Linda K. Ripplinger, and Irving Bowers, in his capacity as Successor Personal Representative of the Estate of Richard T. Yolken, Deceased, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Guy Kaplan, Baltimore, Md. (Sidney Kaplan, Kaplan & Kaplan, P.A., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellants.

Glen L. Cook, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md. (Russell T. Baker, Jr., U. S. Atty., and Daniel M. Clements, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BUTZNER and HALL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The appellants seek reversal of a summary judgment order entered in an action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act growing out of the suicide of a mentally ill serviceman. The appellants allege negligence in the supervision of the decedent and in the decision to induct him into the Air Force. Recovery on the supervision claim is barred by Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 71 S.Ct. 153, 95 L.Ed. 152 (1950...

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