Patricia A. Luna v. United States

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Patricia Luna injured herself at the Great Lakes Naval Base, where she worked as an instructor under a contract between the Navy and a private contractor. She sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), which provides a remedy for personal injuries caused by negligent acts of governmental employees acting within the scope of their employment. See 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b)(1). Under the FTCA the federal government is liable to the same extent that a private individual would be under the law of the state where the negligent act occurred — in this case,…