Personal Injury – May 24, 2012

by Lawyers.com on 3/29/2012

A large number of combat troops have been returning home from their overseas missions, and many are seeking treatment at military and VA hospitals for injuries and conditions they’ve suffered as a result of their combat...more

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/14/2012

In March 2010, a federal district court in Texas ruled that the deaths and injuries sustained by a group of civilian convoy drivers in Iraq during insurgent attacks were not “accidents” caused by conditions of...more

by Alexander Hattimer on 1/16/2012

On Monday, January 23, 2012 I am filing a petition for certiorari seeking to refine or overturn the Feres doctrine. Over the last 60 years the Feres doctrine – a judicial interpretation of the Federal Tort Claims Act - has...more

by Alexander Hattimer on 10/25/2011

The 7th Circuit denied Purcell's Petition for rehearing this morning without the justices even voting on the issue. The 7th Circuit has made it abundantly clear that it does not care that the Feres doctrine is devolving...more

by Alexander Hattimer on 4/14/2011

Reply brief suggesting new test to apply the Feres doctrine and asking 7th Circuit to consider original intent of FTCA....more

by Michael Archuleta on 12/12/2010

A claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act should: 1) be in writing; 2) state the name and address of the claimant; 3) state the name and address of the offending government agency; 4) state the basis of the claim being...more

by Michael Archuleta on 12/11/2010

It is common in Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) practice to encounter cases whose facts require expanding the claim beyond the confines of the FTCA. Combining a FTCA action with other federal and state actions can immensely...more

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/16/2010

A recent decision by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas may have caused grave damage to protections long available to overseas government contractors and their employees under the Defense Base...more