United States v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

BARRETT, Circuit Judge.

The United States Government brought this action as a third-party beneficiary, against State Farm, to recover medical expenses it incurred under 10 U.S.C.A. § 1074 for treatment of an insured serviceman who was injured in a car accident. The District Court granted a summary judgment to State Farm, holding that 42 U.S.C.A. § 2651 did not grant the United States a right of recovery and that the United States was not entitled to sue under the policy as a third-party beneficiary under the law of Oklahoma. Franklin Casualty Insurance Company v. Jones, 362 P.2d 964 (Okl.…