Man Wrongly Labeled as Double Murderer Wins Revival of Tort Suit

A former federal inmate suing the government after the US Probation Office failed to correct a presentence investigation report that mistakenly identified him as a double murderer won an appeal to revive one of his claims Wednesday.

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the district court’s dismissal of the Federal Tort Claims Act allegation in Rocky Freeman’s suit. Among other things, dismissal for lack of an actionable claim was premature, the appeals court said.

“Even if we grant that Freeman does not currently have enough evidence of causation to go to trial, that is largely because ...