TARVER v. U.S.

No. 93-1388.

25 F.3d 900 (1994)

Laverne TARVER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh S. Pixler of Gregson Law Offices, Denver, CO, for plaintiff-appellant.

Frank W. Hunger, Asst. Atty. Gen.; James R. Allison, Interim U.S. Atty.; Robert S. Greenspan, Peter R. Maier, Attys., Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee.

Before BALDOCK and McKAY, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, District Judge.


McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Laverne Tarver appeals from an order of the district court dismissing her case pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) for lack of jurisdiction. We reverse.1

Plaintiff commenced this action pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), seeking damages for the death by suicide of her husband. Plaintiff claimed her husband, a federal employee, died as a result of various negligent...

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