Andy Bailey and Barbara Bailey v. United States, Through the Department of the Army

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

In this case the district court held that plaintiffs’ action was maintainable under the Federal Tort Claims Act,1 28 U.S.C. § 1346, because no substantial question of coverage was presented under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA),2 5 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq. We affirm.

*965Mrs. Barbara Bailey was a civilian employee of the Army Laundry at Fort Polk, Louisiana. On February 7, 1968, at 4:30 P.M., Mrs. Bailey left the laundry to go home for the day and walked to her car in the parking lot adjacent to the laundry. She entered her automobile and drove out of the…