Can a Defendant be held liable in tort for a tort committed by their employees within the scope of their employment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Novikoff v. United States, No. 2:11-cv-03023-MCE-EFB (E.D. Cal. 2013):
Plaintiff may sue Defendant because Defendant waived its sovereign immunity from liability for tortious conduct by its employees within the scope of their employment when it enacted the Federal Torts Claim Act ("FTCA"). Termini v. U.S., 963 F.2d 1264, 1265 (9th Cir. 1992). The FTCA renders Defendant liable in tort to the same extent as a private individual under the law of the place where an injury occurs. Id.
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