Legal Opinion
Dreier v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1996No. 95-35601PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:
Specialist Ronald E. Dreier (hereinafter “Ronald”), a soldier in the United States Army, was killed when he fell into a steep wastewater drainage channel located on Fort Lewis, Washington, after an off-duty afternoon of relaxation and beer drinking. The district court dismissed his widow’s Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) suit against the United States for wrongful death, concluding that the claim was barred by Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 71 S.Ct. 153, 95 L.Ed. 152 (1950), because Ronald’s death was incident to his military service. We have jurisdiction…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Brooks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Pringle v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1999
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