Legal Opinion
Estate of Barrett Ex Rel. Estate of Barrett v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 7, 2006No. 05-1905PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This case is the latest in a series of tragic cases arising out of the FBI’s mishandling of informants drawn from organized crime. Elaine Barrett (or “Plaintiff’), in her capacity as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, appeals from the dismissal of her claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680 (2000), the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution, and Massachusetts’ wrongful death statute, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 229, § 2, due to her failure to file within the applicable two- and three-year statutes of…
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