Legal Opinion
Melo v. Hafer
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 15, 1994No. 93-1193PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an order refusing to substitute the United States for James J. West, Esquire, under the Westfall Act.1 The Westfall Act, also known as the Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act, provides federal employees acting within the scope of their employment with absolute immunity from damage liability on state law tort claims. The Act accomplishes this by providing that the Federal Tort Claims Act supplies the only remedy against the United States for such claims, and that so long as any employee whose act or…
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