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The Federal Tort Claims Act (August 2, 1946, ch. 646, Title IV, 60 Stat. 812, 28 U.S.C. Part VI, Chapter 171 and 28 U.S.C. § 1346) ("FTCA") is a 1946 federal statute that permits private parties to sue the United States in a federal court for most torts committed by persons acting on behalf of the United States.
The Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988, also known as the Westfall Act, is a law passed by the United States Congress that modifies the Federal Tort Claims Act to protect federal employees from common law tort lawsuit while engaged in their duties for the government, while giving private citizens a route to seek damage from the government for violations.
Led by the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, the Division's litigation reflects the diversity of government activities, involving, for example, the defense of challenges to presidential actions; national security issues; benefit programs; energy policies; commercial issues such as contract disputes, banking ...
Richly ironic, however, is that the FTCA was revised in the 1970s with a law enforcement proviso that greenlights suits against the federal government for intentional torts committed by federal ...
The FTCA was explicitly revised in the 1970s to include a proviso allowing victims like Martin to sue the federal government. A bipartisan group in Congress—made up of Sens. Rand Paul (R–Ky ...
Stefan C. Passantino [1] (born August 12, 1966) is an American lawyer and former head ethics deputy counsel in President Trump's Office of White House Counsel. [2] [3] He is best known for his representation of a witness in the Jan 6 Capitol attack House investigation. In January 2023 he was hired by the Trump Organization.
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar has urged the Supreme Court to allow climate lawsuits, such as one brought by Honolulu, to proceed under state tort law, despite past federal precedent ...
28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b)(1), 2674, 2680(b) (Federal Tort Claims Act) United States Postal Service , 546 U.S. 481 (2006), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States , involving the extent to which the United States Postal Service has sovereign immunity from lawsuits brought by private individuals under the Federal Tort Claims Act .