THIGPEN v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. Nos. 2:85-0459-1, 2:85-0460-1.

618 F.Supp. 239 (1985)

Tamara Jo THIGPEN, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Joann Evelyn KRAMBER, as Guardian ad Litem for Lisa Marie Kramber, a minor under the age of eighteen (18) years, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

September 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel D. Bailey and H. Fred Kuhn, Beaufort, S.C., for plaintiffs.

Glen E. Craig, Asst. U.S. Atty., Columbia, S.C., and Heidi Solomon, Asst. U.S. Atty., Charleston, S.C., for defendant.


AMENDED ORDER

HAWKINS, District Judge.

These sexual abuse cases arise under the Federal Tort Claims Act. 28 U.S.C. § 2671. The defendant moves to dismiss both cases for lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter. Rule 12(b)(1), Fed.R.Civ.P.1 It argues, inter alia, that the plaintiffs' claims are barred by the intentional tort exception to the Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2680(h), and that the government's employee, Edmundo...

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