JUDE v. COM'R OF SOCIAL SEC.

No. 18-5188.

908 F.3d 152 (2018)

John Daniel JUDE, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Melissa Jude; Emma Burchett, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of Leroy Burchett, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 1, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ned Pillersdorf , PILLERSDORF, DEROSSETT & LANE, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, for Appellants. Thomas Pulham , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Ned Pillersdorf , PILLERSDORF, DEROSSETT & LANE, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, for Appellants. Thomas Pulham , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Before: SILER, MOORE, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Plaintiffs, administrators of the estates of their deceased spouses, appeal the district court's dismissal of their suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA"). They allege that the Social Security Administration ("SSA") caused the suicide deaths of their spouses by improperly notifying them...

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