Lockett v. United States

ELR Citation: ELR 21463
No(s). 88-CV-71870-DT (E.D. Mich. Jun 20, 1989)

The court holds that a suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act by residents alleging that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to warn and protect them from a site contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls is barred by the Act's discretionary function exception. EPA's decisions involved...