Laura Blueford Skipper, Individually and as Temporary Administratrix of the Estate of Royletta L. Blueford, Deceased v. United States

KING, Circuit Judge:

Royletta Blueford was shot and killed at the Non-Commissioned Officers Club at Biggs Army Airfield, Fort Bliss, Texas on July 8, 1984, by Charles Haywood, a former boyfriend. Blueford’s mother, Laura Blue-ford Skipper, brought this action against the United States, alleging that the officer’s club negligently served alcoholic beverages to Haywood when he was intoxicated and that this negligence was a proximate cause of Blueford’s death. The district court entered a judgment in favor of Skipper, and the United States appeals from that judgment. Finding that Haywood’s…