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Date: 05-20-2024
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Case Number: 5:23-cv-00018
Judge: Marina Garcia Marmolejo
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Webb County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: John Darrell Woods, Jr. and Ryan David King
Defendant's Attorney: Barbara Glovani Fzkon
Description: Laredo, Texas personal injury lawyer lawyers John Darrell Woods, Jr. and Ryan David King represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Federal Tort
Claims Act negligence theory.
Under the FTCA, the federal government acts as a self-insurer, and recognizes liability for the negligent or wrongful acts or omissions of its employees acting within the scope of their official duties.
The following five elements may typically be required to prove negligence: The existence of a legal duty that theendant owed the plaintiff, Defendant’s breach of that duty, Harm to the plaintiff, Defendant’s actions are the proximate cause of harm to the plaintiff, and Defendant’s actions are the cause-in-fact of harm to the plaintiff.
Outcome: Settled for an undisclosed sum and dismissed with prejudice.
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