Federal Tort Claims Act

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The Federal Tort Claims Act is a U.S. federal statute that allows private individuals to sue the United States government for certain torts committed by federal employees acting within the scope of their employment.

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Federal Tort Claims Act canonical 4
FTCA 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
tort law statute ⓘ
waiver of sovereign immunity ⓘ
administeredBy United States Department of Justice ⓘ
allows private individuals to sue the United States for certain torts ⓘ
appliesTo federal agencies as defined in 28 U.S.C. § 2671 ⓘ
officers and employees of any federal agency ⓘ
torts committed by federal employees ⓘ
choiceOfLaw law of the place where the act or omission occurred ⓘ
codifiedAt 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b) ⓘ
28 U.S.C. §§ 2671–2680 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
defendant United States of America ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo independent contractors of the United States ⓘ
effectiveFrom 1946 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enactedInYear 1946 ⓘ
excludes claims arising from activities of the Tennessee Valley Authority under separate statute ⓘ
claims arising from certain tax and customs activities ⓘ
claims arising from discretionary functions ⓘ
claims arising from postal service loss, miscarriage, or negligent transmission of letters or postal matter ⓘ
claims arising from quarantine activities ⓘ
claims arising out of combatant activities during time of war ⓘ
most intentional torts by federal employees ⓘ
governs tort claims against the United States ⓘ
hasAcronym FTCA ⓘ
historicalContext enacted in response to limitations of private bills for tort claims against the United States ⓘ
litigatedBy civil division of the U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ
partOf Judicial Code of 1946 ⓘ
primaryJurisdiction federal courts of the United States ⓘ
linked to: U.S. federal courts
prohibits naming individual federal employees as defendants for covered claims ⓘ
provides exclusive remedy for many torts by federal employees ⓘ
jury trials are not available; cases tried by judge ⓘ
no prejudgment interest against the United States ⓘ
no punitive damages against the United States ⓘ
purpose to place the United States in similar position to a private party in tort ⓘ
to provide compensation to persons injured by the negligence of federal employees ⓘ
relatedTo Bivens actions ⓘ
linked to: Bivens doctrine

Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988 ⓘ
Westfall Act ⓘ
sovereign immunity doctrine ⓘ
requires administrative claim before filing suit ⓘ
federal employees to be acting within the scope of employment ⓘ
presentment of claim to appropriate federal agency ⓘ
sum certain demand in administrative claim ⓘ
setsTimeLimit six months to file suit after agency denial ⓘ
two years to present administrative claim ⓘ
signedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
subjectMatter medical malpractice by federal employees ⓘ
motor vehicle accidents caused by federal employees ⓘ
negligence claims against the United States ⓘ
premises liability involving federal property ⓘ
wrongful acts or omissions of federal employees ⓘ
waives sovereign immunity of the United States for certain torts ⓘ

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