Legal Opinion
Palmroy P.K. Bush v. Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Defendant-Third-Party v. United States of America, Third-Party-Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 28, 1991No. 89-15329PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:
The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), §§ 2671-2680 (1982), waives to a large extent the United States’ sovereign immunity from tort liability. The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA), 5 U.S.C. §§ 8101-8193 (1982), the workers’ compensation scheme for federal employees, appears to contradict the FTCA, at least in part, by providing that a federal employee may not bring a tort suit against the government for a work-related injury. We consider the tricky interplay between the general waiver of sovereign immunity embodied in the FTCA and the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los SantosSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. Yellow Cab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. v. PfeiferSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Stencel Aero Engineering Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Walls Industries, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
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