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HOOKER v. U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

No. 86-5721.

858 F.2d 525 (1988)

Barbara HOOKER; Estate of Laurence Hooker; Daniel Hooker; William D. Hooker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; United States of America; Edward Siacunco; R. Girard; Eugene Erman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Stormer, Litt & Stormer, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Roger E. West, Asst. U.S. Atty., Asst. Chief, Civ. Div., Los Angeles, Cal., for federal defendants-appellees.

Michael B. Hughes, Deputy Atty. Gen., State of Cal., Los Angeles, Cal., for state defendants-appellees.

Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, HALL, Circuit Judge, and SCHNACKE, District Judge.

CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants Barbara Hooker and her two sons appeal from the district court's order dismissing their claims based upon the Social Security Administration's allegedly wrongful termination of disability benefits to Laurence Hooker ("Hooker"), plaintiffs' husband and father, respectively. Plaintiffs allege that Hooker committed suicide as a proximate result of the termination.

Plaintiffs maintain two sets of claims...

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