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FTCA Claims May Be Brought Only Against U.S.
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2000, page 11
A federal district court in North Carolina held that Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) claims could be brought against the United States, but not against the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), a correctional institution, or the institution's medical staff. The court also held that under the FTCA venue was proper ...
Filed under:
Medication,
Blood,
Venue,
Federal Statutory Law,
Federal Tort Claims Act,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
North Carolina.
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