Several insurance companies filed a $7 million suit against the government in the fall of 2008, claiming that Barton was negligent in her duties. In November, Judge Wiley Daniel ruled that the government was not responsible for Barton's actions because she was acting as an angry spouse and not as a government worker.
Several insurance companies filed a $7 million suit against the government in the fall of 2008 claiming that Barton was negligent in her duties. In No,vember Judge Wiley Daniel ruled that t,he government was not responsible for Barton's actions because she was acting as an angry spouse and not as a government worker.