Legal Opinion
Kerns v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 29, 2009No. 08-1287PublishedCited by 1,111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge:
In April 2007, Stacia Kerns instituted this lawsuit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (the “FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680, based on the alleged negligence of Government employee Debra Scott. In her complaint, Kerns alleged that Scott, acting within the scope of her employment, had negligently caused an automobile accident in Maryland that resulted in the death of Kerns’s husband, Dennis Gregory Kerns, Jr. (the “decedent”). On February 7, 2008, the district court dismissed the complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure…
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