[Unpublished]
Quinn Bass, LaToya Garcia, Phynice Kelley, and minors M. B. and T. B.-through their mother and next friend Kelley--appeal the district courts
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dismissal of their Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Upon de novo review, see Buckler v. United States, 919 F.3d 1038, 1044 (8th Cir. 2019) (standard of review), we affirm. We agree with the district court that the United States was the statutory employer of appellants’ decedent under Missouri law, such that workers’ compensation was their exclusive remedy, and thus the United States was not liable under the FTCA. See id. (if private person acting in similar circumstances would not be liable under state law for alleged harm, there is no FTCA waiver of sovereign immunity); Bass v. Natl Super Markets, Inc., 911 S.W.2d 617, 619-20 (Mo. banc 1995) (elements of statutory employment). The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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. The Honorable Roseann A. Ketchmark, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.
PER CURIAM.