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SMITH v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 73-2383.

437 F.Supp. 1004 (1977)

Elmira SMITH, Administratrix of the Estate of Gary Smith, Deceased et al. v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

September 27, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis S. Fine, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Alexander Ewing, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for U.S.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOHN MORGAN DAVIS, Senior District Judge.

This action was brought by the widow and children of a deceased veteran who was killed when he threw himself in front of a train while on an unauthorized absence from a Veterans Administration Psychiatric Hospital. Plaintiffs claim that their decedent's death was directly caused by the negligence of defendant in 1) the inappropriate treatment decedent received while under Government psychiatric...

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