Mealey's (December 4, 2018, 1:55 PM EST) -- ATLANTA — An 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Nov. 30 affirmed the dismissal of a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) suit brought against two government contractors and the United States, holding that the claims against the contractors were barred by the doctrine of res judicata and that the FTCA’s discretionary function exception applied to a property owner’s claim against United States (Gadsden Industrial Park LLC v. United States, et al., No. 17-15325, 11th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 33656)....