Legal Opinion
James F. Hunt and Carol Hunt v. United States of America. Catherine Strinni Hollar v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 29, 1980No. 79-2049, 79-1282PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge TAMM.
TAMM, Circuit Judge:
These cases raise a difficult issue of statutory interpretation: whether members of the military may recover from the United States under the National Swine Flu Immunization Program of 1976 (Swine Flu Act), Pub.L.No.94-380, 90 Stat. 1113 (codified at 42 U.S.C. § 247b(j)-(7) (1976)), 1 for injuries resulting from swine flu inoculations with a vaccine that was allegedly manufactured in a negligent or defective manner. Our analysis requires us to consider the Swine Flu Act, the Federal Tort Claims Act (Tort Claims Act),…
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