Ward Ward v. United States

726 F.2d 516 Stephen Arthur WARD and James Thomas Ward, minors, By and Through their Guardian ad Litem, Lola Virginia WARD: Walter Paul Ward; Charles Curtis Ward; Jennifer Lee Ward; Melanie Lynn Terry; Evelyn R. Katshen, as the Administratrix of the Estate of Edmond T. Katshen, deceased, and Hughes Helicopter, a division of Summa Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Defendant-Appellee. No. 82-4707. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Decided Oct. 13, 1983. Decided Feb. 21, 1984. Clinton H. Coddington, Daniel W. Winters, Randolph S. Hicks, Menlo Park, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. William B. Shubb, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sacramento, Cal., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of California. Before WALLACE, ALARCON and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge: 1 This is an action for declaratory judgment. The heirs of two federal employees killed in the line of duty seek a ruling that the government is not entitled to reimbursement for benefits provided under the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) from their settlement with a putative…