Jonathan Ritchie v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NGUYEN, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we again confront the much-maligned Feres doctrine, which im*873munizes the United States from liability for tort claims arising out of activities incident to military service. Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 71 S.Ct. 153, 95 L.Ed. 152 (1950). As with most of our Feres jurisprudence, the claims at issue arise from personal tragedy: the premature birth — and immediate death — of Jonathan Ritchie’s infant son, Gregory. Ritchie alleges that officers in the United States Army caused Gregory’s death by ordering his pregnant wife, a servicewoman on…
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