Legal Opinion
Amato v. United States
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided October 27, 1982No. Civ. A. 80-1255PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAROKIN, District Judge.
This is an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act for damages sustained by the plaintiff as the result of his being severely injured by gunfire during a bank robbery in which he was one of the principal participants. Plaintiff alleges that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) was negligent in that it did not apprehend him earlier for a lesser crime and that it utilized unreasonable and excessive force in apprehending him at the scene of the bank robbery.
It is very tempting in the face of such a claim to dismiss it summarily on the ground that an armed…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Alex Carl Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Blessing v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Ronald Gibson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- United States of America v. Cyril T. Faneca, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Leopold W. Mahler and Helen E. Mahler, His Wife, and Bertha Ebertsheim v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Debra Horta v. Charles B. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Ronald Pooler v. United States of America. Ronnie Bradley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Waller v. ButkovichDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1984
- Oden v. Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1993
- Howarth v. State, Public Defender AgencyAlaska Supreme Court · 1996
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