UNITED STATES v. WALL

No. 81-1305.

670 F.2d 469 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Margaret Jernigan WALL, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright T. Dixon, Jr., Gary S. Parsons, Raleigh, N. C. (Bailey, Dixon, Wooten, McDonald & Fountain, Raleigh, N. C., on brief), for appellant.

Joe Knott, III, Raleigh, N. C. (James L. Blackburn, U. S. Atty., William Woodward Webb, Asst. U. S. Atty., Larry S. Height, Third Year Law Student, Raleigh, N. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before BUTZNER and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges, FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge.


SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

The United States brought this action against Margaret Jernigan Wall pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2651, which authorizes recovery by the government of medical expenses incurred by it for the treatment of United States personnel injured by a third-party's tortious conduct and then treated at a government medical facility. The issue of Wall's liability was resolved in the government's favor at a jury trial below, and is not contested on appeal...

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