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Date: 03-18-2021
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Case Number: 6:20-cv-04305-JD
Judge: Joseph Dawson, III
Court: United States District Court for the District of South Carolina (Greenville County)
Plaintiff's Attorney:
Defendant's Attorney: Robert M. Sneed
Description: Greenville, South Carolina federal tort claims act personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, Jennifer A. Whitmore, who sued the United States of America on a personal injury auto negligence theory claiming to have been injured and/or damaged in a car wreck caused by a federal government employee.
This case was field in the Greenville County Court of Common Pleas, 2020-CP-23-05206, and was removed to federal court.
Under the FTCA, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680 (link is external), individuals who are injured or whose property is damaged by the wrongful or negligent act of a federal employee acting within his or her official duties may file a claim with the government for reimbursement for that injury or damage. To state a valid claim, the claimant must demonstrate that:
he or she was injured, or his or her property was damaged by a federal government employee;
the employee was acting within the scope of his or her official duties;
the employee was acting negligently or wrongfully; and
the negligent or wrongful act proximately caused the injury or damage of which he or she complains.
The claimant must also provide documentation establishing that his claim satisfies all the elements of the FTCA. The procedures laid out here apply only to claims arising from alleged conduct of officers and employees of the federal judiciary.
Outcome: STIPULATION of Dismissal With Prejudice by United States of America. (Sneed, Robert) (Entered: 03/08/2021)
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