Legal Opinion
Thompson v. United States
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided December 31, 1980No. CIV. 78-3005PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DONALD J. PORTER, District Judge.
CASE SUMMARY
Plaintiff filed her complaint as the special administratrix of the estate of Tommy Thompson under the Federal Tort Claims Act, alleging that the United States was liable for the wrongful death of her son. After trial of this case, the Court finds that the evidence has established all the elements of an FTCA action: that the person responsible for the decedent’s death was a government employee within the meaning of the FTCA, that the killing took place within that employee’s scope of office, and that the death was the result of…
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