Legal Opinion
Frank J. Underwood, as Administrator of the Estate of Shirley Underwood Dunn, Deceased v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1966No. 21924_1PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346(b), 2671, et seq., in conjunction with the Alabama Homicide Act, Code of Alabama, 1940, Title 7, sec. 123. Edward F. Dunn, an Airman First Class assigned to the Air Police Squadron at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama, shot and killed his former wife, Shirley Underwood Dunn, on September 4, 1962, at her place of employment in the City of Montgomery. Her father and personal representative in this action claimed that the United States was negligent in the following respects:
“(1) By allowing…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by71 opinions
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