Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit March 30, 2004, 03-2298 (Gretchen D. Cuyler, Special Administrator of the Estate of Christian Cuyler, Deceased v. United States)

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POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit for wrongful death brought against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which, with limitations that we can ignore, makes the federal government hable for the torts of its employees to the same extent that they would be liable under the law of the place where the tort was committed, in this case Illinois.