Patient may sue gov’t for battery from surgery mishap 
Published: March 4, 2013
Tags: battery, Federal Tort Claims Act, Gonzalez Act, medical malpractice, sovereign immunity, U.S. Supreme Court
A plaintiff may bring a lawsuit against the United States alleging medical battery by a Navy doctor acting within the scope of his employment, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
Justices tackle puzzling law in medical battery case
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 15, 2013
Tags: Federal Tort Claims Act, Gonzalez Act, intentional tort, medical malpractice, sovereign immunity, U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – Attempts to sort out the meaning of a confusing and oddly worded statute to determine whether a Navy surgeon is immune from liability for allegedly performing eye surgery without obtaining consent left the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court bleary-eyed.
Gov’t can’t be sued for breaching employee’s settlement
Published: January 7, 2013
Tags: Discrimination, retaliation, sovereign immunity, Title VII
The federal government could not be sued for breaching the terms of an agreement settling an employee’s Title VII discrimination claims, the 6th Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
No waiver of gov’t immunity in Fair Credit case
Published: November 13, 2012
Tags: Fair Credit Reporting Act, Little Tucker Act, sovereign immunity, U.S. Supreme Court
The Little Tucker Act does not waive the federal government’s sovereign immunity with respect to damages claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
U.S. Supreme Court considers Fair Credit Act case
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: October 3, 2012
Tags: Fair Credit Reporting Act, sovereign immunity, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide if the federal government can be sued for damages for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Justices to decide if Navy doctor can be sued for battery
Published: September 25, 2012
Tags: Federal Tort Claims Act, Gonzalez Act, informed consent, medical malpractice, sovereign immunity, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the federal Gonzalez Act waives governmental immunity for battery claims against a Navy doctor who allegedly performed cataract surgery without the patient’s informed consent.
Justices to decide if government immune in sexual assault by prison guards
Published: September 25, 2012
Tags: Federal Tort Claims Act, search and seizure, sovereign immunity, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the federal government is immune from tort liability for the alleged sexual assault of a prison inmate by correctional officers that occurred outside the scope of an arrest, search or seizure.
Government immune in electronic surveillance case
Published: August 15, 2012
Tags: attorney fees, civil rights, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, sovereign immunity
The government enjoyed sovereign immunity when sued for damages for violating privacy rights in conducting electronic surveillance of a suspected terrorist organization and its lawyers, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
State immune from FMLA claim for damages
Published: June 4, 2012
Tags: Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland, Eleventh Amendment, Family and Medical Leave Act, sovereign immunity
A state employer was immune from a claim for damages under the self-care provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a $165,000 jury verdict.
Principal immune from suit over schoolyard fight
Published: April 30, 2012
Tags: duty to warn, negligence, sovereign immunity
A high school principal is protected by sovereign immunity from a negligence claim for his alleged failure to warn a student that another student planned to fight him on school grounds, but he can be sued for gross negligence, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled.
