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POURIER v. U.S.

No. 97-2391SD.

138 F.3d 1267 (1998)

Jeremy POURIER, Special Administrator of the Estate of Patricia Pourier, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Pechota, Rapid City, SD, argued, for Appellant.

Rita Haverly, Sioux City, SD, argued (Karen E. Schreier, U.S.Atty. and Diana Ryan, Rapid City, SD, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before FAGG, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Jeremy Pourier brought this Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) lawsuit against the United States on behalf of the estate of his late mother, Patricia Pourier. Ms. Pourier, a nurse with the Indian Health Service, died in an ambulance crash. The ambulance driver, Dennis Martinez, was employed by the Oglala Sioux Tribe Ambulance Service (the Ambulance Service), an Indian contractor under the Indian Self-Determination Act, 25 U.S.C. §§ 450f...

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