Legal Opinion
Pendley v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1988No. 87-3148PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
William Perry Pendley, the administrator of the estate of Leon H. Cassutt, brought this wrongful death action under the Federal Tort Claims Act against the United States. The district court dismissed the case on the ground that the United States was Cassutt’s statutory employer under the Virginia Worker’s Compensation statute which is an exclusive remedy and deprives the court of jurisdiction for an action in tort. We agree that the United States was the statutory employer and affirm the judgment of the district court.
On September 19, 1985, Leon Cassutt was killed as a…
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