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ABREU v. U.S.

No. 05-1889.

468 F.3d 20 (2006)

María G. ABREU, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, Robert B. Pirie, Acting Secretary of the Navy, General James James, Commander of the Marine Corps, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 14, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl E. McAfee and Celina Romany Siaca, with whom Celina Romany Law Offices was on brief, for appellants.

Mark B. Stern, with whom Peter D. Keisler, H.S. García, Gregory G. Katsas and Alisa B. Klein were on brief, for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and DYK, Circuit Judges.

DYK, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA"), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680 (2000). The plaintiffs, Abreu et al., sought money damages from the United States for personal injuries and property damage allegedly caused by the United States Navy's operation of the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility ("AFWTF") on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. Acevedo, et al. v. United States...

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