Torts - Federal Tort Claims Act - Feres Doctrine - Post-Discharge Failure to Warn Theory

Authors

Richard W. Kelly Jr.

Abstract

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a Federal Tort Claims Act claim based on the government's post-discharge failure to warn a veteran of the hazards of radiation exposure is barred pursuant to the Supreme Court's holding in Feres v. United States.

Heilman v. United States, 731 F.2d 1104 (3d Cir. 1984).

First Page

309

Recommended Citation

Richard W. Kelly Jr., Torts - Federal Tort Claims Act - Feres Doctrine - Post-Discharge Failure to Warn Theory, 24 Duq. L. Rev. 309 (1985).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol24/iss1/7