Boyd D. Evans and Lois A. Evans D/B/A Complete Breathing Care, Inc. v. Doug Wright and Christopher Mulholland

Plaintiffs, providers of durable medical equipment within the meaning of the Social Security Act, sued employees of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, alleging they tortiously interfered with plaintiffs’ contractual relations with certain Medicare patients. The district court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment, holding them to be protected by official immunity, the acts complained of being within the authority and scope of their employment. We affirm.

Plaintiffs Boyd Evans and Lois Evans, doing business under the name Complete Breathing Care, Inc., supply durable…