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MERCADO DEL VALLE v. U.S.

No. 87-1889.

856 F.2d 406 (1988)

Enrique MERCADO DEL VALLE, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose M. Biaggi Junquera, Santurce, P.R., for plaintiffs, appellants.

Wanda Rubianes-Collazo, Asst. U.S. Atty., and Daniel F. Lopez-Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., on brief, for defendant-appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

In December 1983, members of the Panthers Military Society, a student organization at the University of Puerto Rico, engaged in severe hazing that led to the death of a recruit, Arnaldo Mercado Perez. Several relatives of Mercado brought this lawsuit against the United States, under the authority of the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680 (1982) (FTCA). They alleged that agents of the United States, namely two members of...

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