Legal Opinion
Elmer Stratmeyer and Cornelia Stratmeyer v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 19, 1995No. 94-3045PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
When the plaintiffs, Elmer and Cornelia Stratmeyer, leased cattle from Bookout Holsteins, Inc., they added the Bookout cattle to their own herd. Six months later, the herd had to be destroyed because the cattle were infected by brucellosis. The Stratmeyers filed suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) against the United States. They claimed that their injuries resulted from the negligent failure of a veterinarian employed by the United States to quarantine the cattle owned by Bookout Holsteins. The district court held that the federal government was not liable…
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