The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the exclusive remedy of the Federal Employee's Compensation Act
(FECA), ruling Friday that psychological injury accompanied by physical injury, regardless of the
order in which they occur, falls within the scope of the Federal Employees'
Compensation Act, preempting a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) action.In Moe v. US (04/18/03 - No. 02-35198), Moe, a federal employee, was an administrative assistant at
a medical facility on the Fairchild Air Force Base. On June
20, 1994, Dean Melberg, a recently discharged Air Force serviceman,
went on a shoo...
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