Legal Opinion
Parker v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 13, 1980No. 77-3448PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
After exhausting her administrative remedies, Janet A. Parker filed this action individually and as representative for her children under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680 (1976), claiming damages for the wrongful death of her husband, Jack Lowe Parker. We are asked to decide whether or not an off-duty serviceman on a four-day “furlough” proceeding on a roadway within a military reservation to his off-base home was acting incident to his military service. The trial court concluded that he was and granted the Government’s motion for summary…
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