United States Eleventh Circuit

The district court erred in exercising jurisdiction over parents' FTCA claims on behalf of a minor child. Moreover, the Naval Hospital Jacksonville is entitled to protection under the Florida Good Samaritan Act's "reckless disregard" standard of care.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/28/2008
• Published 01/28/2008

Judges

• BIRCH, Circuit Judge:, Before BIRCH and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and MILLS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William G. Cole, Dept. of Justice, Civ. App. Div., Washington, DC, Tamra Phipps, U.S. Atty., Tampa, FL, for U.S.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tracy S. Carlin, Mills & Creed, P.A., Fred M. Abbott, Abbott Law Firm, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.