Legal Opinion
Christy Cole, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert E. Cole, Deceased and Helen Cole v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 20, 1985No. 84-7113PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT J. HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Christy and Helen Cole appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama denying their motions to amend and dismissing their complaint against the United States for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.
Around 1946 and while a member of the United States Navy, Robert E. Cole was assigned maintenance duty on at least one submarine which had been used as a test vessel during the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb tests. He was subsequently discharged 1 and on November 15, 1981, was…
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