Tort Claims: Hearings ... on H.R. 5373 and H.R. 6463 ... January 29, 1942 |
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As used in this Act , the term“ Federal agency ” includes the executive departments and independent establishments of the United States , and corporations whose primary function is to act as and while acting as instrumentalities or ...
As used in this Act , the term“ Federal agency ” includes the executive departments and independent establishments of the United States , and corporations whose primary function is to act as and while acting as instrumentalities or ...
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... agent , or ] employee of the Government [ or upon some corporation , State , or political subdivision ] to pay damages therefor , jointly or severally with the United States , [ then , and in that event , the recovery ] the award or ...
... agent , or ] employee of the Government [ or upon some corporation , State , or political subdivision ] to pay damages therefor , jointly or severally with the United States , [ then , and in that event , the recovery ] the award or ...
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... make it clear that the act covers all Federal agencies , including corporate instrumentalities , and all Federal officers and employees , including members of the military and naval forces and temporary and uncompensated employees .
... make it clear that the act covers all Federal agencies , including corporate instrumentalities , and all Federal officers and employees , including members of the military and naval forces and temporary and uncompensated employees .
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Have you considered the practice followed by large corporations and railway companies with respect to defense of employees who are joined as defendants in negligence actions ? a > Mr. Shea . I should think that what ordinarily TORT ...
Have you considered the practice followed by large corporations and railway companies with respect to defense of employees who are joined as defendants in negligence actions ? a > Mr. Shea . I should think that what ordinarily TORT ...
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I should think that what ordinarily happens in the case of an accident caused by a driver for a big corporation is that suit is brought jointly against the two , and usually it is satisfied by the corporation , and then ordinarily the ...
I should think that what ordinarily happens in the case of an accident caused by a driver for a big corporation is that suit is brought jointly against the two , and usually it is satisfied by the corporation , and then ordinarily the ...
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Page 4 - Any claim based upon an act or omission of an employee of the Government, exercising due care, in the execution of a statute or regulation, whether or not such statute or regulation be valid, or based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a federal agency or an employee of the Government, whether or not the discretion involved be abused.
Page 6 - If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Page 68 - January 1, 1945, on account of damage to or loss of property or on account of personal injury or death caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any employee, of the Government...
Page 3 - That the Supreme Court of the United States shall have the power to prescribe, by general rules, for the district courts of the United States and for the courts of the District of Columbia, the forms of process, writs, pleadings, and motions, and the practice and procedure in civil actions at law.
Page 67 - Any attorney who charges, demands, receives, or collects for services rendered in connection with...
Page 5 - ... to be paid out of but not in addition to the amount of judgment, award, or settlement recovered, to the attorneys representing the claimant.
Page 46 - It is as much the duty of Government to render prompt justice against itself, in favor of citizens, as it is to administer the same between private individuals.
Page 4 - Any claim arising in respect of the assessment or collection of any tax or customs duty, or the detention of any goods or merchandise by any officer of customs or excise or any other law-enforcement officer.
Page 2 - The acceptance by the claimant of any such award, compromise, or settlement shall be final and conclusive on the claimant, and shall constitute a complete release of any claim against the United States and against the employee of the government whose act or omission gave rise to the claim, by reason of the same subject matter.
Page 2 - ... on account of damage to or loss of property or on account of personal injury or death caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any employee of the government while acting within the scope of his office or employment, under circumstances where the United States, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant for such damage, loss, injury, or death in accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission occurred.
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| Title | Tort Claims: Hearings ... on H.R. 5373 and H.R. 6463 ... January 29, 1942 |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary |
| Published | 1942 |
| Length | 69 pages |
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