context: .The federal government does not have a public duty doctrine, and has in fact disavowed such an approach to assessing its liability under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA).
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 555 F.Supp.2d 580, 595
citation_a.parenthetical: "The 'public duty' doctrine has no application to an FTCA action"
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. Olson, 546 U.S. 43, 45-46, 126 S.Ct. 510, 163 L.Ed.2d 306 (2005) (explaining that, although a cause of action for negligence may arise out of state law, FTCA precludes assessment of the federal government's liability according to state-level standards applicable to state or municipal government entities); see also Lumsden v. United States, 555 F.Supp.2d 580, 595 (E.D.N.C.2008) ("The ‘public duty’ doctrine has no application to an FTCA action”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 546 U.S. 43, 45-46
citation_b.parenthetical: explaining that, although a cause of action for negligence may arise out of state law, FTCA precludes assessment of the federal government's liability according to state-level standards applicable to state or municipal government entities
citation_b.sentence: See United States v. Olson, 546 U.S. 43, 45-46, 126 S.Ct. 510, 163 L.Ed.2d 306 (2005) (explaining that, although a cause of action for negligence may arise out of state law, FTCA precludes assessment of the federal government's liability according to state-level standards applicable to state or municipal government entities); see also Lumsden v. United States, 555 F.Supp.2d 580, 595 (E.D.N.C.2008) ("The ‘public duty’ doctrine has no application to an FTCA action”).