Linda E. Lutz, as Parent and Next Friend of Catherine Lutz, a Minor v. United States

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• holding any duty that 6 the United States owed plaintiff must be found in California state tort law
• finding “a state law duty enforceable under the FTCA,” where the federal regulation at issue was more specific than the state law duty
• Government liable for child's injuries resulting from failure of airman to control pet dog housed on air force base
• \line of duty\ is defined by the relevant state's law of respondeat superior
• where Montana law imposed a duty on private citizens to control their pets, member of air force was negligent per se when he breached the standard of care set forth in Base Regulation 125-5, which required the owner to maintain total control of the animal at all times

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).