Metropolitan Life Ins. v. Hoch

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• explaining that under the genesis test, “if a non- serviceman’s injury finds its ‘genesis’ in the injury suffered by a serviceman incident to service, then the Feres doctrine bars the non-serviceman’s suit”
• claims by wives and severely deformed children of Gulf War veteran exposed to toxins during the war are barred by Feres
• “Under this test, if a nonserviceman’s injury finds its ‘genesis’ in the injury suffered by a serviceman incident to service, then the Feres doctrine bars the non-serviceman’s suit.”
• “This negligence in implementing and administrating the program to the servicemen thus was the “genesis” and the “but for” cause of the injuries to the wives and children.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).