Sharon Bennett v. United States

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• recognizing that dismissal pursuant to sovereign immunity is jurisdictional and should be analyzed under the framework of Rule 12(b)(1)
• noting that Georgia scope-of-employment doctrine focuses on whether the employee has acted to benefit his employer's purpose.
• holding that victim of accidental shooting in army barracks could not hold the United States liable under Georgia respondeat superior principles because employee had undertaken an act purely personal in nature and thus outside the scope of his employment
• noting that Georgia scope-of-employment doctrine focuses on whether the employee has acted to benefit his employer's purpose.
• noting that a dismissal on a sovereign-immunity ground should be under Rule 12(b)(1) because no subject-matter jurisdiction exists
• noting that Georgia scope-of-employment doctrine focuses on whether the employee has acted to benefit his employer’s purpose.

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