Legal Opinion
Gill v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 1, 2006No. 06-1711PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This case involves an effort to evade the presentment and exclusive jurisdiction provisions of the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA), 5 U.S.C. §§ 8121, 8128, and bring suit directly in federal court under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680. Adhering to this court’s earlier decision in Bruni v. United States, 964 F.2d 76 (1st Cir.1992), we affirm the district court’s dismissal of the FTCA claims.
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In 2002, Stephen Gill, an attorney, moved his family to Florida to work for the United States Navy as a civilian attorney-advisor for what…
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