Legal Opinion
Clara Louie, Representative for Wayne Louie, Deceased v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 13, 1985No. 84-4386PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Although several issues are raised on appeal, we are concerned primarily with the question: Did the government have a special relationship with an off-duty soldier involved in a fatal accident to make it liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for a. death on a public highway?
FACTS
About 9:00 p.m. on August 12,1982, Deputy Daniel Hudson of the Pierce County Sheriffs Office stopped a private car driven by James Rowe, an off-duty soldier stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. Following field sobriety tests, Rowe was arrested for driving while under the influence of…
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