Nov. 11, 2024
Feres v. U.S. - the Supreme Court's unjustified bar to redress for injuries 'incident to service'
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In 1946, Congress enacted the Federal Tort Claims Act, radically changing the sovereign immunity of the federal government. In general, "The United States shall be liable..., in the same manner and to the same extent as a private individual under like circumstances." 28 U.S.C. § 2674. Liability shall be determined by the law of the place of injury. 28 U.S.C. § 2672. But when Rudolph Feres, an Army lieutenant, perished in a negligently-caused barracks fire, the Supreme Court said,...
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