BETTIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 80-7110 Summary Calendar.

635 F.2d 1144 (1981)

James A. BETTIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Brenda J. BETTIS, by and through her father and next friend James A. Bettis, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Sharon BETTIS, by and through her father and next friend James A. Bettis, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Johnny Lee JACKSON and Mary Sheila Jackson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

January 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin, Kilpatrick & Davidson, Paul Kilpatrick, Jr., John M. Tanzine, III, Columbus, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gregory J. Leonard, Asst. U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before HILL, FAY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:

This is a joint appeal of four cases arising out of a single accident involving a member of the United States Army who was driving an Army vehicle. Each of the four cases was grounded in the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346(b) (West 1976) and 28 U.S.C.A. § 2671 et seq. (West 1965) and sought monetary awards for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiffs as a result of alleged...

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