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SCOTUS revives tort claims over FBI search of wrong house
The Supreme Court revives a lawsuit against the FBI for a 2017 wrong-house raid, clarifying the scope of the Federal Tort Claims Act.
Tort – FTCA – Marines – Delayed Entry Program
Where a plaintiff was injured during a program of physical activity ordered by a Marine Corps superior, his subsequent Federal Tort Claims Act suit was correctly dismissed under the discretionary […]
Negligence – FTCA – Post office
Where a plaintiff was injured by an automatic door at a branch of the United States Postal Service, the defendant United States must be awarded summary judgment because of the […]
Tort – FTCA – ‘Sum certain’
Where summary judgment was entered for the defendant United States in a Federal Tort Claims Act suit brought by a plaintiff claiming to have been injured while receiving treatment at […]
Negligence – FTCA – National Guard
Where the 13-year-old son of a U.S. Army National Guard sergeant was injured during a softball game at a family day event at Camp Edwards, the boy should be awarded […]
Tort – FTCA – Federally supported health care center
Where a plaintiff filed a wrongful death complaint naming as defendants the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center and five individuals, the United States must be substituted as the proper defendant […]
Tort – FTCA – Burial site
Where the plaintiff widow and codefendant sons of a murder victim have brought suit against the defendant United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act alleging that the FBI negligently […]
Negligence – FTCA – Bicycle – Wildlife refuge
Where a plaintiff who was injured while riding a bicycle in a wildlife refuge has brought suit pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, summary judgment must enter for the […]
Negligence – FTCA – Elevator
Where a plaintiff who was injured in an elevator at the John F. Kennedy Library has brought suit pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, the claim against the defendant […]
Negligence – FTCA – Settlement
Where a plaintiff insurance company, as subrogee of an injured recipient of workers’ compensation benefits, has alleged negligence on the part of a defendant employee of the codefendant United States […]
Negligence – Slip and fall – FTCA
Where a judgment was entered for the United States on a negligence claim asserted by a plaintiff who slipped and fell in a military “PX,” the evidence did not show […]
Tort – FTCA – Discretionary function
Where a plaintiff brought suit against the United States after he fell from a second-story railing on National Park Service property, the court below properly awarded the United States summary […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Injury during baby’s adenoidectomy leads to stroke
- Construction worker’s hand caught in cement mixer
- Worker trapped in freezer, dies during steam cleaning
- Pedestrian, 69, hit by motor vehicle while in crosswalk
- Four-vehicle pileup leaves driver with spinal cord injury
- Nursing home staff blamed for kidney-failure death
- Pharmacy’s late delivery blamed for patient’s death
- Man, 25, drowns after swimming lesson at fitness club
Opinion Digests
- Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Non-signatory
- Criminal – Responsibility
- Attorneys – Lien
- Landlord and tenant – Default judgment
- Zoning – Constructive grant – Comprehensive permit
- Fraud – False Claims Act – Settlement share
- Civil practice – Discovery – Cybersecurity
