Case Name: Addie Mae TUCKER, Administratrix of the Estate of Henry Allen Tucker, Deceased, Appellant v. Joseph C. DUKE et al., Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1960-03-10
Citations: 276 F.2d 499
Docket Number: No. 15334
Parties: Addie Mae TUCKER, Administratrix of the Estate of Henry Allen Tucker, Deceased, Appellant v. Joseph C. DUKE et al., Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 276
Pages: 499–500

Head Matter:
Addie Mae TUCKER, Administratrix of the Estate of Henry Allen Tucker, Deceased, Appellant v. Joseph C. DUKE et al., Appellees.
No. 15334.
United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.
Argued Jan. 25, 1960.
Decided March 10, 1960.
Mr. Ralph F. Berlow, Washington, D. C., for appellant.
Mr. Louis M. Kaplan, Asst. U. S. Atty. at time of argument, with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.
Before Wilbur K. Miller, Bazelon and Bastían, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant administratrix, whose decedent was shot and killed by Gregory M. La Coss, a Capitol policeman, sued him and the United States, his employer, to recover damages in the sum of $150,-000. She joined as defendants, in their individual capacities, Joseph C. Duke, Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Zeake W. Johnson, Jr., Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, and J. George Stewart, Architect of the Capitol, who comprised the Capitol Police Board. Her theory was they had negligently employed an incompetent policeman and were personally liable for his alleged tort.
A motion to dismiss the action as to them, filed by Duke, Johnson and Stewart, was granted by the trial court, with an appropriate certificate under Rule 54 (b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. The administratrix appeals. We find no error.
Affirmed.