Ola Belle Meredith v. United States of America

BROWNING, Circuit Judge.

On motion for summary judgment the district court held that the acts and omissions upon which appellant based her action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680, occurred in Bangkok, Thailand; and that suit under the Act was therefore barred by 28 U.S.C.A. § 2680 (k), which excludes from the coverage of the Act “any claim arising in a foreign country.” Appellant contends that her claim did not arise “in a foreign country” because the significant acts and omissions occurred within the physical confines of the American Embassy at Bangkok.

Appel…