Legal Opinion
Thigpen v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 10, 1986No. 85-2007PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Tamara Jo Thigpen and Lisa Marie Kramber brought suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b) and 2671-2680, to recover damages for the sexual abuse they encountered as minor patients in the United States Naval Hospital in Beaufort, South Carolina. The district court dismissed these claims for want of jurisdiction under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1), because they arose out of an assault and battery and thus fell within the intentional tort exception to the FTCA, 28 U.S.C. § 2680(h). Thigpen v. United States, 618 F.Supp. 239 (D.S.C.1985).…
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