ROGERS v. U.S.

No. 89-1520.

902 F.2d 1268 (1990)

Jimmy Ray ROGERS and Linda Rogers, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 25, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Earnshaw, Harding, Henthorn & Harris, Crawfordsville, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Deborah J. Daniels, U.S. Atty., Harold R. Bickham, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Indianapolis, for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves a suit filed against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) by a former member of the armed services. Jimmy Ray Rogers thought his service days were long past when he was arrested on a desertion charge and held for nearly two months awaiting trial by court-martial. He was acquitted of the desertion charge and then sued under the FTCA. Because the injuries alleged by Rogers and his wife, Linda Rogers...

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