Tippett v. United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
108 F.3d 1194 (1997)
Relevant factsFree
After a moose charged and injured passengers on an earlier snowmobile that day, Yellowstone ranger Phillips monitored the moose but still directed Tippett (plaintiff) to pass it on his own snowmobile, and the moose then charged and injured Tippett; Tippett and his wife sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, and the district court dismissed the claim as barred by the FTCA's discretionary-function exception. The Tippetts appealed.
IssueFree
Whether the federal government is immune from claims based on a federal agency or a government employee exercising or failing to exercise a discretionary function.