context: Federal prisoners who are injured by fellow inmates by reason of the negligence of federal employees can sue for their injuries under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
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citation_a.identifier: 374 U.S. 150, 150
citation_a.parenthetical: holding the United States liable under the FTCA for injuries sustained by a prisoner where the prison guard had confined an altercation between the prisoner and twelve fellow inmates instead of interceding
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. Muniz, 374 U.S. 150, 150, 83 S.Ct. 1850, 10 L.Ed.2d 805 (1963) (holding the United States liable under the FTCA for injuries sustained by a prisoner where the prison guard had confined an altercation between the prisoner and twelve fellow inmates instead of interceding); see also Plummer v. United States, 580 F.2d 72, 73, 77 (3d Cir.1978) (holding the United States liable under the FTCA for exposure of prisoners to prisoner with tuberculosis where the prisoners’ bodies “harbored one or more dormant tubercle bacilli which could later develop into full-fledged cases of tuberculosis”). However, plaintiff does not allege negligence.
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 580 F.2d 72, 73, 77
citation_b.parenthetical: holding the United States liable under the FTCA for exposure of prisoners to prisoner with tuberculosis where the prisoners' bodies "harbored one or more dormant tubercle bacilli which could later develop into full-fledged cases of tuberculosis"
citation_b.sentence: See United States v. Muniz, 374 U.S. 150, 150, 83 S.Ct. 1850, 10 L.Ed.2d 805 (1963) (holding the United States liable under the FTCA for injuries sustained by a prisoner where the prison guard had confined an altercation between the prisoner and twelve fellow inmates instead of interceding); see also Plummer v. United States, 580 F.2d 72, 73, 77 (3d Cir.1978) (holding the United States liable under the FTCA for exposure of prisoners to prisoner with tuberculosis where the prisoners’ bodies “harbored one or more dormant tubercle bacilli which could later develop into full-fledged cases of tuberculosis”). However, plaintiff does not allege negligence.