Irving v. United States

USCA1 Opinion

United States Court of Appeals

For the First Circuit

No. 96-2368

GAIL MERCHANT IRVING,

Plaintiff, Appellee,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant, Appellant.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

[Hon. Steven J. McAuliffe, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Torruella, Chief Judge,

Bownes, Senior Circuit Judge,

Selya, Boudin, Stahl, Lynch and Lipez, Circuit Judges.

Phyllis J. Pyles, Attorney, Torts Branch, Civil Division, with

whom Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Gagnon,

United States Attorney, and Jeffrey Axelrad, Attorney, Torts

Branch,…