Supreme Court Rules on Federal Tort Claims Act's Judgment Bar Provision | Practical Law
In Simmons v. Himmelreich, the US Supreme Court resolved a circuit split by holding that a final judgment in an action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), which dismissed the claim on the ground that the relief is precluded by an FTCA exception, does not bar a subsequent action against the federal employees whose acts gave rise to the FTCA claim.