Legal Opinion
Shults v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 30, 1969No. 27044PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Per curiam
This was a suit for damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), for the death of a serviceman allegedly caused by malpractice at a military hospital. The District Court granted summary judgment for the Government. We affirm under the authority of Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 71 S.Ct. 153, 95 L.Ed. 152 (1950).
Talmadge Shults, a sailor on liberty, was struck by an automobile. A few minutes later he was picked up by a United States Navy ambulance and taken to the hospital at the Naval Air Station at Pensacola. He was examined in the emergency room and a formal…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Richard W. Buer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
3Cited by39 opinions
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