Legal Opinion
Sarah D. Smith v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 5, 1999No. 99-1397PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Sarah D. Smith brought this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq. Ms. Smith claimed that, while she was serving as a private first class in the United States Army, the Government negligently supervised her drill sergeant, who committed a series of sexual assaults against her. She also claimed that other officers failed to protect her from that drill sergeant. The district court held that it was foreclosed from adjudicating the case by the Supreme Court’s decisions in Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 71 S.Ct. 153, 95 L.Ed. 152…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- United States v. ShearerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Jimmy Ray Rogers and Linda Rogers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Dodi KOMOROWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOWNLINE MINI-MART AND RESTAURANT, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Purcell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
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