Legal Opinion
McCloskey v. Mueller
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 16, 2006No. 05-2690PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of a tragic series of events that culminated in the murder of Philip McCloskey. The co-administrators of the victim’s estate sought damages from both the federal government and the murderer, Gary Lee Sampson. The district court dismissed their action. See McCloskey v. Mueller, 385 F.Supp.2d 74, 88 (D.Mass.2005). Because there is no principled way that the frontiers of tort law can be expanded to encompass the theory of liability that the co-administrators have premised on these horrific facts, we affirm the order of dismissal.
I. BACKGROUND
Because…
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