Tracy Eiswert v. United States

ORDER

ORDER CERTIFYING A QUESTION TO THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE

AVERN COHN, District Judge.

This is a case under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671 et seq., arising out of the death of Scott Walter Eiswert (“Mr. Eiswert”), a veteran of the United States Armed Forces who took his life following his battle with service-connected Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome (“PTSD”). Following exhaustion of the FTCA-mandated pre-suit administrative process, Plaintiffs-Appellants Tracy Eiswert, Mr. Eiswert’s widow, and Christina Reece, Mr. Eiswert’s stepdaughter (collectively,…