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CORRIGAN v. U.S.

Nos. 85-1868, 85-1872.

815 F.2d 954 (1987)

John T. CORRIGAN, Guardian of Daughter, Maura L. Corrigan, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant. John T. CORRIGAN, Guardian of Daughter, Maura L. Corrigan, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula M. Potoczak, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Elsie L. Munsell, U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellant/cross-appellee.

Richard C. Alkire (John J. McCarthy, Nurenberg, Plevin, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, John L. McGann, Arlington, Va., on brief), for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and MURNAGHAN and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 10, 1987.

PER CURIAM:

The Federal Tort Claims Act1 (FTCA) prescribes liability, with certain exceptions not here pertinent,2 for cases where, had the government defendant been a private individual, the acts complained of would have resulted in liability under the law of the jurisdiction in which the acts took place. The doctrine of sovereign immunity otherwise...

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