Legal Opinion
Linda Jacobs v. Michael Vrobel
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 26, 2013No. 12-5107PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.
KAREN LECRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Linda Jacobs (Jacobs), an employee of the United States General Services Administration (GSA), sued her long-time supervisor, Michael Vrobel (Vrobel), in the District of Columbia Superior Court for defamation and interference with her attempts to secure alternative employment. Because Vrobel was then (and remains) a federal .employee, Jacobs’s lawsuit was not a garden-variety tort suit. Instead, pursuant to the Westfall Act, Pub.L. No. 100-694,102 Stat. 4563 (codified as amended in relevant part at…
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