David E. Elliott, Jr., an Incapacitated Adult by and Through His Guardian, Barbara v. Elliott, Barbara v. Elliott, Individually v. United States

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

Applying Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit precedent, we affirm the district court’s ruling that the Feres doctrine (Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 71 S.Ct. 153, 95 L.Ed. 152 (1950)) does not bar a member of the armed forces from filing a lawsuit against the United States for injuries suffered due to the negligence of a branch of the armed forces where the member of the armed forces is on active duty, but suffers the injury while on leave outside a combat zone while engaged in activities unrelated to combat training or to the mission of the service member’s…