Ruby Dianne Hill and James Hill, Jr. v. United States of America, Defendant-Third-Party v. State of Tennessee, Third-Party

PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

The question presented on this appeal is whether the United States, when Hable to an individual plaintiff under the Federal Tort Claims Act, can maintain an action for contribution against the State of Tennessee as third party defendant. The doctrine of sovereign immunity prevails under Tennessee State law. It is undisputed that the State would not have been subject to suit by the original plaintiffs under the facts of this case.

Ruby Dianne Hill, the minor plaintiff, was injured while attending a football game on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University at…