Paul Figley

A Guide to the Federal Torts Claims Act, Second Edition (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The guide addresses the FTCA's waiver of sovereign immunity, its purpose, scope, exclusions, exceptions, and the procedures for presenting administrative tort claims5 and fi ling suit. It discusses the protections the FTCA may provide to federal employees sued in tort. It explains the FTCA's rules for damages and for financial matters, including attorneys' fees, costs, and interest. Finally, it examines the FTCA settlement process and recommends approaches to settlement negotiations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Bar Association
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781641052924
• Artikelnr.: 70440734

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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