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WORKMAN v. UNITED METHODIST COMMITTEE ON RELIEF

No. 01-7161.

320 F.3d 259 (2003)

MaryAnn WORKMAN, Individually and as personal and legal representative of the Estate of Deena Marie Umbarger, deceased, Appellant, v. UNITED METHODIST COMMITTEE ON RELIEF OF THE GENERAL BOARD OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 25, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark London argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

William H. Briggs, Jr. argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Cathlene A. Tharp.

Before: GINSBURG, Chief Judge, HENDERSON, Circuit Judge, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Chief Judge:

MaryAnn Workman, the mother of a woman murdered in Somalia while on a mission for the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), sued UMCOR, alleging that the defendant negligently failed to prepare her daughter for and protect her from the dangers of her assignment. We hold that the district court properly entered summary judgment for...

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