Legal Opinion
Panaiot Ignatiev v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 9, 2001No. 00-5002, 00-5005PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.
SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:
Appellants challenge the dismissal of their tort claims against the federal government. Their suits were dismissed for want of jurisdiction because the challenged omission fell within the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act’s waiver of sovereign immunity. We reverse.
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In October 1995 outside the Chancery of Bulgaria in Washington, D.C., two armed individuals attempted to rob Panaiot Igna-tiev and Evgeni Mihaylov. A struggle ensued. Mihaylov was shot and killed. Ig-natiev…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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3Cited by37 opinions
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