Severo Sanchez, as Administrator of the Estate of Loraine O. Sanchez, Deceased, and Charlotte Brown v. United States

WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

The above action arises under the Federal Tort Claims Act. Recovery is sought for the death of Loraine 0. Sanchez and for injuries to Charlotte Brown. The case is the result of an automobile rear end collision between an automobile in which the appellants were traveling and one which was driven by one Jerry Peterson, age 25, who at the time was a student at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, a school which is operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The complaint charges that Jerry Peterson was intoxicated at the time, and it seeks to place blame on…