Legal Opinion
Julie Amber-Messick, Administratrix of the Estate of Christopher Kangas, Deceased v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 11, 2007No. 2006-5087PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge SCHALL. Circuit Judge NEWMAN dissents.
SCHALL, Circuit Judge.
Julie Amber-Messick is the mother of Christopher Kangas, who was a. fourteen-year old “apprentice firefighter” with the Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, Volunteer Fire Department (“Brookhaven Fire Department”). Following her son’s death in a traffic accident, Mrs. Amber-Messick submitted a claim to the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (“BJA”) seeking death benefits under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act of 1976 (“PSOBA” or “Act”), Pub.L. No. 94-430, 90 Stat. 1346…
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