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Federal Tort Claims Act

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002081

A United States federal statute that waives the sovereign immunity of the federal government for certain torts committed by federal employees acting within the scope of their employment. This allows individuals to sue the United States for damages in federal court under circumstances where a private person would be liable. It contains specific exceptions where immunity is not waived.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002081
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "A United States federal statute that waives the sovereign immunity of the federal government for certain torts committed by federal employees acting within the scope of their employment. This allows individuals to sue the United States for damages in federal court under circumstances where a private person would be liable. It contains specific exceptions where immunity is not waived.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/federal-tort-claims-act/"
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