Hurst v. United States

ELR Citation: ELR 20104
No(s). 88-5385 (8th Cir. Aug 9, 1989)

The court holds that a suit alleging that the Corps of Engineers negligently supervised the construction of two jetties in a river channel causing severe flooding of plaintiffs' property is not barred by the Federal Tort Claims Act's (FTCA's) discretionary function exception. The Corps issued a perm...