This practical guide provides a simplified, easy to read concise overview of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and its jurisprudence. It is useful to attorneys or law-trained readers who are new to the FTCA and its procedures or have had limited recent dealings with the statute. It also provides a ready reference for readers of all levels who are about to begin detailed research on particular FTCA issues.
This practical guide provides a simplified, easy to read concise overview of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and its jurisprudence. It is useful to attorneys or law-trained readers who are new to the FTCA and its procedures or have had limited recent dealings with the statute. It also provides a ready reference for readers of all levels who are about to begin detailed research on particular FTCA issues.
Paul Figley was a litigator in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice for three decades, much of that time working on Federal Tort Claims Act issues. For fifteen years he served as Deputy Director, Torts Branch, where his responsibilities included the defense of many of the cases discussed in this book. He now teaches Torts and Legal Rhetoric at American University’s Washington College of Law. There, he was twice elected Professor/Faculty Member of the Year by the Student Bar Association and, in 2017, received the Emalee C. Godsey Award for faculty scholarship. The author would like to thank Emily Brait, Patricia Fitzgerald, Lauren Goldschmidt, Joseph Gross, Kimberly Harding, Adeen Postar, and Catherine Warren for their research assistance.
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About the Author vii Foreword ix Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Sovereign Immunity & Enactment of the FTCA 5 Chapter 3 The Limited Nature of the FTCA's Waiver of Sovereign Immunity 11 A. The Jurisdictional Grant of § 1346(b)(1) 11 B. The Feres Doctrine 21 Chapter 4 Statutory Bars to FTCA Liability 27 A. Exceptions in the Text of the FTCA 27 B. Statutes That Explicitly Bar Suit 42 C. Other Statutes That Bar Suit 46 Chapter 5 The Administrative Claims Process: Procedural Prerequisites to Making a Tort Claim 49 Chapter 6 Procedural Requirements in FTCA Litigation 53 A. Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies 53 B. Courts, Juries, and Parties 55 C. The FTCA's Statutes of Limitations 55 Chapter 7 Government Employee Defendants & the FTCA 59 A. Substitution & Dismissal under § 2679 60 B. The Judgment Bar of § 2676 62 Chapter 8 Damages 65 A. Assessing Damages 66 B. Amount Stated in Administrative Claim 68 C. No Punitive Damages 71 D. Accounting for Taxes in FTCA Damages 72 E. No Pre-Judgment Interest 76 Chapter 9 Source of Payment, Attorney's Fees, Costs, and Interest 79 A. Source of Payment 79 B. Attorney's Fees 81 C. Costs 82 D. Interest 82 Chapter 10 Settlement 85 Appendix A Federal Tort Claims Act 91 28 U.S.C. § 2671. Definitions 92 28 U.S.C. § 2672. Administrative adjustment of claims 93 28 U.S.C. § 2673. [Repealed.] 94 28 U.S.C. § 2674. Liability of United States 94 28 U.S.C. § 2675. Disposition by Federal agency as prerequisite; evidence 94 28 U.S.C. § 2676. Judgment as bar 95 28 U.S.C. § 2677. Compromise 95 28 U.S.C. § 2678. Attorney fees; penalty 95 28 U.S.C. § 2679. Exclusiveness of remedy 96 28 U.S.C. § 2680. Exceptions 98 Appendix B Judgments, Costs, and Interest 101 1. 28 U.S.C. § 1961. Interest 101 2. 28 U.S.C. § 2412. Costs and fees 102 3. 28 U.S.C. § 2414. Payment of judgments and compromise settlements 103 4. 28 U.S.C. § 2516. Interest on Claims and Judgments 104 5. 31 U.S.C. § 1304. Judgments, awards, and compromise settlements 104 Appendix C Regulations 107 1. 28 C.F.R. Part 14 107 2. 28 C.F.R. § 15 120 3. 28 C.F.R. Part 0, Subpart Y 124 4. 28 C.F.R. § 50.15 140 Appendix D Standard Form 95 147 Appendix E Filing Transcript of Judgment 151 Appendix F Checklist of FTCA Defenses 153 Appendix G Checklist for Filing Administrative Tort Claim 159 Appendix H Checklist for Filing FTCA Suit 161 Table of Cases 163 Index 179 267
About the Author vii Foreword ix Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Sovereign Immunity & Enactment of the FTCA 5 Chapter 3 The Limited Nature of the FTCA's Waiver of Sovereign Immunity 11 A. The Jurisdictional Grant of § 1346(b)(1) 11 B. The Feres Doctrine 21 Chapter 4 Statutory Bars to FTCA Liability 27 A. Exceptions in the Text of the FTCA 27 B. Statutes That Explicitly Bar Suit 42 C. Other Statutes That Bar Suit 46 Chapter 5 The Administrative Claims Process: Procedural Prerequisites to Making a Tort Claim 49 Chapter 6 Procedural Requirements in FTCA Litigation 53 A. Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies 53 B. Courts, Juries, and Parties 55 C. The FTCA's Statutes of Limitations 55 Chapter 7 Government Employee Defendants & the FTCA 59 A. Substitution & Dismissal under § 2679 60 B. The Judgment Bar of § 2676 62 Chapter 8 Damages 65 A. Assessing Damages 66 B. Amount Stated in Administrative Claim 68 C. No Punitive Damages 71 D. Accounting for Taxes in FTCA Damages 72 E. No Pre-Judgment Interest 76 Chapter 9 Source of Payment, Attorney's Fees, Costs, and Interest 79 A. Source of Payment 79 B. Attorney's Fees 81 C. Costs 82 D. Interest 82 Chapter 10 Settlement 85 Appendix A Federal Tort Claims Act 91 28 U.S.C. § 2671. Definitions 92 28 U.S.C. § 2672. Administrative adjustment of claims 93 28 U.S.C. § 2673. [Repealed.] 94 28 U.S.C. § 2674. Liability of United States 94 28 U.S.C. § 2675. Disposition by Federal agency as prerequisite; evidence 94 28 U.S.C. § 2676. Judgment as bar 95 28 U.S.C. § 2677. Compromise 95 28 U.S.C. § 2678. Attorney fees; penalty 95 28 U.S.C. § 2679. Exclusiveness of remedy 96 28 U.S.C. § 2680. Exceptions 98 Appendix B Judgments, Costs, and Interest 101 1. 28 U.S.C. § 1961. Interest 101 2. 28 U.S.C. § 2412. Costs and fees 102 3. 28 U.S.C. § 2414. Payment of judgments and compromise settlements 103 4. 28 U.S.C. § 2516. Interest on Claims and Judgments 104 5. 31 U.S.C. § 1304. Judgments, awards, and compromise settlements 104 Appendix C Regulations 107 1. 28 C.F.R. Part 14 107 2. 28 C.F.R. § 15 120 3. 28 C.F.R. Part 0, Subpart Y 124 4. 28 C.F.R. § 50.15 140 Appendix D Standard Form 95 147 Appendix E Filing Transcript of Judgment 151 Appendix F Checklist of FTCA Defenses 153 Appendix G Checklist for Filing Administrative Tort Claim 159 Appendix H Checklist for Filing FTCA Suit 161 Table of Cases 163 Index 179 267
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