GOVERNMENT-AGENCY DEFENSE

government-agency defense.Torts. An affirmative defense that immunizes a contractor from

liability upon proof that the contractor acted on the government’s behalf as an agent or as a

government officer. • This defense is extremely limited because of the difficulty of establishing the

government-agent relationship. See Yearsley v. W.A. Ross Constr. Co., 309 U.S. 18, 20–22, 60

S.Ct. 413, 414–15 (1940). Cf. GOVERNMENT-CONTRACTOR DEFENSE;

CONTRACT-SPECIFICATION DEFENSE. [Blacks Law 8^th]