Bah v. United States, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 1157 (3d Cir. January 18, 2024) (Porter, C.J.). Appellant Bah was a U.S. citizen, originally from Sierra Leone. He was stopped by police, who found that he was carrying cash. He was detained and then released, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized the cash. The money […]
Tag: Federal Torts Claims Act
FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT-MEDICAL MALPRACTICE-INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
Mummert v. United States, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 190216, 2023 WL 6990480 (M.D. Pa. October 23, 2023) (Rambo, J.) Under Federal Tort Claims Act, a person must be employed by the federal government to be sued. Independent contractors cannot be sued. There is no such thing as a direct negligence against the government for breach […]
FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT-CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Wilson v. United States, 2023 U . S . App. LEXIS 21864 (August 21, 2023) (Chagares, C.J.) Marquis Wilson challenges the District Court’s grant of summary judgment to the Government in his Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) lawsuit for medical negligence. The dispositive issue here is whether Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 1042.3 (“Rule 1042.3”), […]
FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT-STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS-TOLLING-DISCOVERY RULE
Shefcyk v. Temple Univ. Hosp., Inc., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34653 (E.D. Pa. March 2, 2023) (Goldberg, J.) Plaintiff Kimberly Shefcyk alleges that Defendant Dr. Henry Su and other employees of Defendant Temple University Hospital (“Temple”) acted negligently during the February 18, 2018 birth of Plaintiff’s child, resulting in the baby’s severe, permanent brain defects. […]