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ASSIGNMENT 2
Textbook Assignment:
“Claims,” chapter 12, pages 12-1 through 12-41.
2-1.
What doctrine prevented injured
persons from receiving fair
compensation for meritorious claims
prior to the FTCA being passed?
1.
Private bill doctrine
2.
Sovereign immunity doctrine
3.
Liability doctrine
4.
Tort doctrine
2-2.
What term best describes a failure
to exercise the degree of care that
a reasonable person would exercise
under the same circumstance?
1.
Liability
2.
Tort
3.
Negligence
4.
Wrongful
2-3.
The authority for commissioned
officers and petty officers to
apprehend is extended by what
article of the UCMJ?
1.
Article 5
2.
Article 6
3.
Article 7
4.
Article 8
2-4.
What is the maximum amount of
recovery, if any, under the FTCA?
1.
$25,000
2.
$50,000
3.
$75,000
4.
None
2-5.
Written approval to pay an FTCA
claim must be obtained from the
Attorney General if the claim
exceeds what specific amount?
2-6.
2-7.
2-8.
2-9.
Under the FTCA, what amount of time
does a claimant have from the date
a claim against the government
accrues to present a written claim?
1.
1 year
2.
2 years
3.
3 years
4.
4 years
Under the FTCA, when a claimant
presents a claim to a federal
agency, the agency must act on the
claim within what maximum number of
months?
1.
6
2.
9
3.
12
4.
18
Under the FTCA, after a federal
agency mails written notice of its
final denial of the claim, the
claimant is allowed what maximum
number of months to file suit on
the claim in federal district
court?
1.
6
2.
9
3.
12
4.
18
Whenever possible, what form should
a claimant use when preparing an
FTCA claim?
1.
NAVJAG Form 5890/12
2.
DD Form 1843
3.
DD Form 1842
4.
Standard Form 95
1.
$20,000
2.
$25,000
3.
$30,000
4.
$50,000
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