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STRATMEYER v. U.S.

No. 94-3045.

67 F.3d 1340 (1995)

Elmer STRATMEYER and Cornelia Stratmeyer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 19, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth M. Waterman (argued), Fort Wayne, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Deborah M. Leonard, Office of the United States Attorney, Fort Wayne, IN and Jennifer H. Zacks (argued), Mark Stern, and Steve Frank, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

When the plaintiffs, Elmer and Cornelia Stratmeyer, leased cattle from Bookout Holsteins, Inc., they added the Bookout cattle to their own herd. Six months later, the herd had to be destroyed because the cattle were infected by brucellosis. The Stratmeyers filed suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA") against the United States. They claimed that their injuries resulted from the negligent failure of a veterinarian employed by the United...

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