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WATKINS v. U.S.

No. 76-3608.

589 F.2d 214 (1979)

Earl WATKINS, Herbert Lester Davis and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., etc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 7, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry L. Frohsin, Wayman G. Sherrer, Charles A. Perry, Asst. U. S. Attys., Birmingham, Ala., for defendant-appellant.

C. Lynwood Smith, Jr., Ralph W. Hornsby, Huntsville, Ala., for Earl Watkins.

Terrell Wynn, Birmingham, Ala., for Herbert Lester Davis.

L. Tennent Lee, III, Huntsville, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge, SKELTON, Senior Judge, and FAY, Circuit Judge.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This is an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Airman James Richardson, though not a party to the suit, is the central character in this unhappy story. While on leave from his duty station in Turkey, Richardson, in the words of the trial judge, went "berserk." He was admitted to the Redstone Arsenal Psychiatric Clinic in Alabama for several days of treatment and observation. The psychiatrists diagnosed Richardson's disorder as...

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