United States Eighth Circuit

A wrongful death suit was properly dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where error in reading an x-ray fell within the independent contractor's exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act. Government's delay in disclosing contractor's name was not affirmative misconduct.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/22/2002
• Published 08/22/2002

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark I. Bronson, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nicholas P. Llewellyn, argued, Asst. U.S. Attorney, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.