Myers v. United States

SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

The issue presented is whether, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680 (the “FTCA”), the United States may be held liable for the deaths of plaintiffs’ decedents caused by a methane explosion in a Tennessee coal mine operated by Grundy Mining Company (Grundy). The district court dismissed plaintiffs’ cases for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, finding plaintiffs had not alleged facts sufficient to bring their claims against the United States within the limited waiver of sovereign immunity embodied in the FTCA1 We AFFIRM.

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