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SCOTUS: Postal Service can’t be sued for ‘intentional’ failure to deliver mail
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the FTCA’s postal exception bars claims over intentional mail nondelivery, shielding USPS under sovereign immunity.
SCOTUS revives tort claim over FBI search of wrong house
The Supreme Court revives a lawsuit against the FBI for a 2017 wrong-house raid, clarifying the scope of the Federal Tort Claims Act.
Assault suit against TSA screener revived
The Federal Tort Claims Act, or FTCA, allows people who claim they were assaulted by Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, screeners to sue the federal government, the 4th U.S. Circuit […]
Sailor injured in collision while commuting to work — $493,000 settlement
Type of action: Federal Tort Claims Act Date resolved: 8/30/2022 Verdict or settlement: Settlement Amount: $493,000 Attorneys for plaintiff (and city): John Cooper and Bill O’Mara, Norfolk Description of case: […]
Judge: Default judgment of $7.5M stands
Despite the defendant’s protest that its failure to respond to a workplace accident lawsuit was a result of “excusable neglect,” a federal judge refused to set aside a jury’s verdict […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers stroke from ruptured aneurysm
- Premises Liability- Man suffers paralysis after bench tipped back
- Medical Malpractice – Botched tubal ligation results in childbirth
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pickup truck passenger dies from crash injuries
- Medical Malpractice-Patient received spleen injury during colonoscopy
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers complications from improper cyst removal
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Henrico driver sustained wrist fracture in five-car collision
- Medical Malpractice-Patient dies following blood loss in surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors
- Medical Malpractice – Ingrown toenail removal leads to CRPS type 2
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
Opinion Digests
- Arbitration – Court decides whether nonparty to arbitration agreement can enforce it
- Constitutional – Circuit court applied wrong standard in church dispute
- Civil Procedure – Medical malpractice statute of limitations doesn’t apply to claims against hospital
- Bankruptcy – Creditor can’t examine debtor under Bankruptcy Code § 707(b)(1)
- Administrative – Court construes Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
- Taxation – County’s tax assessment was ‘plainly wrong’
- Negligence – Release doesn’t bar rider’s negligence claim against horse owner
- Bankruptcy – Motion to reinstate Chapter 7 petition previously dismissed by court is denied
- Wills and trusts – Court applied incorrect statute of limitations to breach of trust claims
- Administrative – Doctor’s attacks on license suspension order fails
- Habeas Corpus – Petition attacking military court martial is dismissed
- Parent and Child – Stepmother awarded custody of stepchildren over father’s objection
