United States Third Circuit

Intentionally criminal behavior is not the type of "negligent or wrongful act or omission" for which the Federal Tort Claims Act grants a waiver of sovereign immunity.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/28/2001
• Decided 08/31/2001
• Published 08/31/2001

Judges

• Before BECKER, Chief Judge, NYGAARD and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John J. Cummings, III,Frank C. Dudenhefer (Argued), Cummings, Cummings & Dudenhefer, A.P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Karen Cody-Hopkins, Ronald S. Goldser, Zimmerman, Reed, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, David A. Vesel, Law Offices of David A. Vessel, P.A., Raleigh, NC, Counsel For Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Michael Levy, United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Mark B. Stern, Charles W. Scarborough (Argued), Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, Margaret Jane Porter, Chief Counsel, Patricia J. Kaeding, Associate Chief Counsel, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD, Counsel For Appellee.