Cover title: Personal injury : handling federal tort claims. Includes index.

Vol. 1: Remedies available when tort is committed by the United States -- The Federal Tort Claims Act: legislative history -- Purpose and construction -- Some differences between a tort suit against the United States and one against a private individual -- Parties plaintiff: who may sue -- Claims involving members of the armed forces -- Parties defendant: who may be sued and joined -- Jurisdiction and venue: where to sue -- Definitions: federal agency, employee of the government, and scope of employment -- Vol. 2: Elements of the cause of action -- Extent of government's liability: damages -- Excluded claims -- The discretionary function of exclusion -- Other express exclusions -- Vol. 3: The statute of limitations -- Compromise and settlement -- Practice and procedure: pretrial, trial and after trial -- Administrative claims.