{"product_id":"federal-tort-claims-act-volume-1-paperback","title":"Federal Tort Claims Act: Volume 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLandmark Publications\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIS CASEBOOK contains a selection of U. S. Court of Appeals decisions that analyze, interpret and apply provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act. Volume 1 of the casebook covers the District of Columbia Circuit and the First through the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a general rule, the United States is immune from claims for money damages in civil suits. \u003cem\u003eSee Larson v. Domestic \u0026amp; Foreign Commerce Corp., \u003c\/em\u003e 337 U.S. 682, 686-90, 69 S.Ct. 1457, 93 L.Ed. 1628 (1949). The FTCA waives the United States' sovereign immunity for civil suits for money damages \"for injury or loss of property, or personal injury or death caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any employee of the Government while acting within the scope of his office or employment.\" 28 U.S.C.   1346(b)(1). Where the FTCA's waiver is operative, the government is liable in tort \"in the same manner and to the same extent as a private individual under like circumstances.\" \u003cem\u003eId.\u003c\/em\u003e   2674. However, this broad waiver of sovereign immunity is cabined by a list of exceptions. \u003cem\u003eSee id.\u003c\/em\u003e   2680. [T]he FTCA's waiver does not apply to \"[a]ny claim ... based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a federal agency or an employee of the Government, whether or not the discretion involved be abused.\" \u003cem\u003eId.\u003c\/em\u003e   2680(a).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe exceptions to the FTCA's immunity waiver work to defeat the subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts. \u003cem\u003eIndemnity Ins. Co. of N. Am. v. United States, \u003c\/em\u003e 569 F.3d 175, 180 (4th Cir. 2009). Thus, the burden is on the plaintiff in such a civil suit to establish \"that the discretionary function exception does not foreclose their claim.\" \u003cem\u003eSeaside Farm, Inc. v. United States, \u003c\/em\u003e 842 F.3d 853, 857 (4th Cir. 2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis exception represents one limit to the extent of \"Congress' willingness to impose tort liability upon the United States.\" \u003cem\u003eUnited States v. S.A. Empresa de Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eVarig Airlines\u003c\/em\u003e), 467 U.S. 797, 808, 104 S.Ct. 2755, 81 L.Ed.2d 660 (1984). It exists to prevent interference by the judiciary in the policy-laden balancing that accompanies the exercise of executive discretion. \u003cem\u003eSee Baum v. United States, \u003c\/em\u003e 986 F.2d 716, 720 (4th Cir. 1993); \u003cem\u003eTiffany v. United States, \u003c\/em\u003e 931 F.2d 271, 276 (4th Cir. 1991). Most importantly, the exception protects that \"discretion of the executive ... to act according to [his] judgment of the best course, a concept of substantial historical ancestry in American law.\" \u003cem\u003eDalehite v. United States, \u003c\/em\u003e 346 U.S. 15, 34, 73 S.Ct. 956, 97 L.Ed. 1427 (1953). Taken together, these considerations make manifest the important separation-of-powers principles that animate the discretionary function exception. \u003cem\u003eSee Holbrook v. United States, \u003c\/em\u003e 673 F.3d 341, 345 (4th Cir. 2012).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlanco Ayala v. United States, 982 F. 3d 209 (4th Cir. 2020)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 542\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785497575712,"sku":"9781087942988","price":94.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2524f05096ec0c610f8a17de08b0dd77.webp?v=1780616029","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/federal-tort-claims-act-volume-1-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}