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ANDREWS v. UNITED STATES

No. 82-2133.

732 F.2d 366 (1984)

Sandra B. ANDREWS and Kenneth M. Andrews, Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1984.

Rehearing Denied July 10, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Weili Cheng, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Henry Dargan McMaster, U.S. Atty., Columbia, S.C., Robert S. Greenspan, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellant.

Nicolas C. Lempesis, Charleston, S.C., for appellees.

Before WIDENER and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, District Judge.

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals from a judgment awarding damages to Sandra and Kenneth Andrews for mental distress caused by the medical malpractice of government employees. The government argues that the district court lacked jurisdiction under the Federal Tort Claims Act1 to hear the Andrews' case. We are not persuaded by the government's arguments and, accordingly, affirm the decision in Andrews v. United States,...

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