PRICE v. UNITED STATES

No. 82-1473.

728 F.2d 385 (1984)

Donna PRICE, Personal Representative of the Estate of Bernard Price, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde B. Pritchard, argued, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant.

Leonard R. Gilman, U.S. Atty., Geneva S. Halliday, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellee.

Before LIVELY, Chief Judge, and MERRITT and JONES, Circuit Judges.


MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

In this wrongful death case under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), the question is whether the District Court properly ruled that plaintiff had failed to prove by a preponderance of evidence that defendant's agents caused the wrongful death of plaintiff's husband. We reverse.

I.

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