CLEMENT v. U.S.

No. 91-1839.

980 F.2d 48 (1992)

Kathleen Barker CLEMENT, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Burton Robert Barker, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 25, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian L. Sweet with whom Paul F. Macri and Berman & Simmons, P.A., Lewiston, Me., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

F. Mark Terison, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Richard S. Cohen, U.S. Atty., and David R. Collins, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Me., were on brief, for U.S.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, WEIS, and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the District of Maine in favor of the United States on plaintiff Kathleen Barker Clement's claim of negligence.1 Plaintiff sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq., for the suicide of her deceased brother, Burton Barker. Plaintiff claimed that Barker's suicide was...

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