BALTIMORE - A federal judge in the Maryland on Feb. 26 dismissed a potential Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) cause of action related to any defamation claims by the United States against a plaintiff in a lead-based lawsuit. The judge, however, found that the claims against the federal government were unclear in the action filed by the pro se plaintiff, and time was provided to allow the plaintiff to show that the claims were properly filed against the federal government, as opposed to a state government...(read more)
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