DUCEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 81-6058.

713 F.2d 504 (1983)

Carolyn L. DUCEY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Lois M. OLSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Helen GRUGEL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1983.

As Amended October 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betsy Ginsberg, Trial Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Arthur J. Jaffee, Pomona, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Before SKOPIL and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and GRAY, District Judge.


FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal from the district court's judgment for the defendant United States in three consolidated wrongful death actions brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680 (1976). 523 F.Supp. 225 (D.Nev.1981). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1976). We reverse in part and affirm in part.

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