U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday castigated his colleagues for denying review in a case brought by the widow of a military member who was blocked from suing the federal government after her husband was killed in a collision with a civilian government employee who later said the crash was "100 percent" her fault.

In an eight-page dissent published Monday, Thomas called for the justices to overturn a 75-year-old case in which the court immunized the U.S. from liability in civil cases under a large swath of circumstances not directly addressed by the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). The FTCA allows individuals to sue the government for damages caused by the negligent or wrongful acts of federal employees who are acting within the scope of their official duties.

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