GROSS v. UNITED STATES

No. 81-1519.

676 F.2d 295 (1982)

John C. GROSS, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Terry L. Pechota, U.S. Atty., Sioux Falls, S.D., Leonard Schaitman, Marc Johnston, Attys., Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Dennis C. McFarland, John N. Gridley, Sioux Falls, S.D., for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Circuit Judge, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 21, 1982.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals from an adverse judgment awarding John C. Gross $35,000. In his action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (the Act), 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680 (1976), Gross sought damages for the intentional infliction of emotional distress by members of the Lake County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Committee (ASCS) growing out of actions taken...

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