Alma E. Greeley, of the Estate of Lawrence E. Greeley v. United States

ARCHER, Chief Judge.

The United States appeals the March 30, 1994 judgment of the United States Court of Federal Claims, as set forth in the May 17, 1994 opinion in Greeley v. United States, 30 Fed.Cl. 721 (1994), reversing the denial by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) of the claim of Alma E. Greeley (Greeley), Executrix of the Estate of Fire Chief Lawrence E. Greeley (Chief Greeley), for $100,000 in survivor benefits pursuant to the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act (PSOBA or Act). We reverse.

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Chief Greeley and another fire fighter had just extinguished a fire in the basement of a…