Article: Tort Law: Third Circuit Holds Federal Agency Liable for Deaths Mentally-Ill Patient Caused After Negligent Discharge from Treatment Program - DeJesus v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs1

Tort Law: Third Circuit Holds Federal Agency Liable for Deaths Mentally-Ill Patient Caused After Negligent Discharge from Treatment Program - DeJesus v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs1 - The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA") liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA")2 when a mentally-ill patient, Alejandro De Jesus, shot himself and four children eighteen hours after the VA released him from a transitional residence program that provides mental and physical health care to homeless veterans.

The FTCA overcomes sovereign immunity and makes the federal government liable for tort claims "in the ...

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