"The Federal Tort Claims Act waives sovereign immunity for the acts or omissions of a federal employee only when a private person would be liable under state tort law for those same acts or omissions.

In Thacker v.Tennessee Valley Authority, the government contends (and the lower courts agreed) that the TVA should be immune from tort liability to shield executive policy-making, even when the TVA is ...

United States that the Federal Tort Claims Act, through which Congress generally waived the federal government’s sovereign immunity from tort liability, ... Recommended Citation: John Elwood, ...

Owing to a couple of cases with which I am currently involved, I have been thinking a lot lately about the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act. Then pile on Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee and, ...

The concept of sovereign immunity may seem like a relic of the past, and in many ways it is. “It’s a pre-existing to the constitution idea of the nature of sovereignty,” said Fulton.

Sovereign immunity is a concept which holds that the ruler is immune from certain liabilities to which the rest of us are held. Historically, the federal and state governments (and, derivatively, ...

True sovereign immunity – the idea that the king can do no wrong – no longer exists for government, but the conditions under which those hurt by government action can be compensated oft… ...

Most people no longer bat an eye when hearing about multimillion dollar damage awards to punish companies for an employee's negligent acts. However, what are the liability concerns for a public ...

If the legislation survives constitutional challenges, gun makers and dealers will enjoy a level of protection from tort liability shared by no other industry. The NRA, gun companies, and their allies ...

Under a legal doctrine known as sovereign immunity, ... But the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act removes the immunity of local governments for certain “negligent” acts and omissions.