DeMary v. Pate

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• holding that when internal agency guidelines directed government inspectors to follow a detailed regime, discretionary function exception did not apply
• holding that when internal agency guidelines directed government inspectors to follow a detailed regime, discretionary function exception did not apply
• stating (without distinguishing Library of Congress v . Shaw) that \[d]ecline in the value of the dollar is not equivalent to an award of prejudgment interest\
• upholding “district court’s finding that the inflation which occurred between 1976 and 1986 was unforeseen” based on “[a]ffidavits of two experts [who] stat[ed] that the value of the dollar declined about 50% from 1976 to 1986[,] and that this decline was unforeseeable”
• exception inapplicable when government inspectors failed to follow fifty-one-part Defense Department checklist for enforcing compliance with safety requirements at munitions plant
• checklist required that plant be closed in event of electrical storm

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