Griggs v. United States

^ MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

By this appeal we are asked to decide a question directly presented and decided in Jefferson v. United States, D. C., 74 F.Supp. 209 and Id., D.C., 77 F.Supp. 706, and discussed but not decided in Brooks *2v. United States, 337 U.S. 49, 69 S.Ct. 918, namely, whether the United States is liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act, as amended, 28 U.S.CA. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680, for the death of a member of the armed forces on active, but not combat, duty, allegedly caused by the negligence of employees of the United States Government, while acting in the scope of their office…