Rebecca B. Blackwell and William G. Blackwell v. United States of America and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company

JONES, Circuit Judge.

Joel Rousselle, Jr. had been a member of the Louisiana National Guard for a number of years and was a Staff Sergeant at the time of the occurrence from which this litigation arose. Sergeant Rousselle was the driver of a two-and-a-half-ton truck in a convoy of the National Guard en route to Camp Polk, Louisiana, for an annual training period of two weeks. The truck was owned by the United States and was operated with gasoline purchased with funds of the United States. Sergeant Rousselle was being paid with funds supplied by the United States. Sergeant Rousselle was not,…