28 CFR § 301.319 - Exclusiveness of remedy.

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title: "28 CFR § 301.319 - Exclusiveness of remedy."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "301.319"
section_name: "Exclusiveness of remedy."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC., DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "301"
part_name: "INMATE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION"
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authority: "18 U.S.C. 4126, 28 CFR 0.99, and by resolution of the Board of Directors of Federal Prison Industries, Inc."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 9296, Mar. 12, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
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# 301.319 Exclusiveness of remedy.

Inmates who are subject to the provisions of these Inmate Accident Compensation regulations are barred from recovery under the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. 2671 *et seq.*). Recovery under the Inmate Accident Compensation procedure was declared by the U.S. Supreme Court to be the exclusive remedy in the case of work-related injury. *U.S.* v. *Demko,* 385 U.S. 149 (1966).

[55 FR 9296, Mar. 12, 1990, as amended at 59 FR 2667, Jan. 18, 1994]