Sandra B. Andrews and Kenneth M. Andrews v. United States

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals from a judgment awarding damages to Sandra and Kenneth Andrews for mental distress caused by the medical malpractice of government employees. The government argues that the district court lacked jurisdiction under the Federal Tort Claims Act 1 to hear the Andrews’ case. We are not persuaded by the government’s arguments and, accordingly, affirm the decision in Andrews v. United States, 548 F.Supp. 603 (D.S.C.1982).

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Kenneth Andrews was an officer aboard the U.S.S. PRATT, home quartered at the Naval Base, Charleston, South Carolina, from mid-1976…