North v. United States

ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

SPECTOR, Judge:

OPINION

Plaintiff, the surviving spouse of Milton North, filed a claim under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act1 which provides that:

In any case in which the Administration[2] determines under regulations issued pursuant to this subchapter, that a public safety officer has died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty, the Administration shall pay a benefit of $50,000 * *.

The claim was denied initially by the LEAA, September 27, 1977, on the grounds that Mr. North’s death was not the direct…