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WEBB v. U.S.

No. CIV.A. 97-0283-B.

24 F.Supp.2d 608 (1998)

Edwina WEBB, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Big Stone Gap Division.

November 3, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Worth McAfee, Bledsoe & McAfee, P.C., Big Stone Gap, VA, for Plaintiff.

John F. Corcoran, U.S. Attorney's Office, Roanoke, VA, for U.S., Zubair Latif, Dr.

OPINION AND ORDER

JONES, District Judge.

The question in this case is whether sexual battery on a patient by a government doctor falls within the scope of the doctor's employment under the Federal Tort Claims Act. Applying Virginia employment law to the particular facts of this case, I find that the doctor was not acting within the scope of his employment.

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