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Federal Tort Claims Act

The Supreme Court in April 2025. (Shedrick Pelt/For The Washington Post)
Apr 22, 2026

SCOTUS allows soldier to sue contractor over suicide bombing

The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for a soldier seriously wounded while attempting to thwart a suicide bombing in Afghanistan to sue a contractor that the military found was negligent in the incident.

Trina Martin, left, and Toi Cliatt sit for a portrait on April 25, 2025, inside the Atlanta home the FBI mistakenly raided in 2017. (AP Photo/Sudhin Thanawala)
Apr 28, 2025

The FBI mistakenly raided their Atlanta home. Now the Supreme Court will hear their case.

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a yearslong legal battle over an FBI raid on the wrong Atlanta house.

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Aug 22, 2017

Cumberland inmate’s family cannot bring negligence claim, judge says

The families of federal inmates who die doing prison jobs due to the alleged negligence of prison staff cannot sue the U.S. government under the primary law enabling Americans to […]