United States v. Brooks

PARKER, Chief Judge.

These are appeals by the United States from judgments in favor of claimants under the Federal Tort Claims Act of August 2, 1946, 60 Stat. 842, 28 U.S.C.A. § 921 [now § 2671 et seq]. This court reversed the judgments on the ground that the act was not thought to apply to claims of soldiers in the United States Army, 4 Cir., 169 F.2d 840; but the decision of reversal was in turn reversed by the Supreme Court. Brooks v. United States, 337 U.S. 49, 69 S.Ct. 918, 921. That court has remanded the cases to us for “consideration of the problem of reducing damages pro tanto”,…