Mealey's (January 28, 2019, 8:20 PM EST) -- ATLANTA — The discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) protected the federal government from claims brought by a civilian employee who was injured when her car was hit by a descending retractable barrier at a U.S. military base in Alabama, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals concluded Jan. 15, reversing a lower court ruling (Shannon Rutherford v. United States, No. 18-10625, 11th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 1271)....