FEDERAL TORTS CLAIMS ACT: Feres Doctrine Cracked? Opening of Pandora's Box or Further Encasement in Stone?
NLRG (National Legal Research Group)
OCTOBER 8, 2020
This legislation included a substantial "crack" in the over 70-year-old, court-imposed Feres doctrine, which barred tort claims by military members against the United States for injuries incurred incident to service. The provision also sets a two-year statute of limitations except for 2017 injuries that are filed in 2020.
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