Legal Opinion
Gretchen D. Cuyler, Special Administrator of the Estate of Christian Cuyler, Deceased v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 30, 2004No. 03-2298PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit for wrongful death brought against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which, with limitations that we can ignore, makes the federal government hable for the torts of its employees to the same extent that they would be liable under the law of the place where the tort was committed, in this case Illinois. A trial in the district court resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff for $4 million, from which the government appeals.
In August of 1994, a woman named Higgs, babysitting for the family of a Navy enlisted man named Norman who was…
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