Legal Opinion
Carl Huddleston v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 21, 2012No. 11-5873UnpublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COOK, Circuit Judge.
Carl O. Huddleston appeals the district court’s dismissal of his medical malpractice claim against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”). We affirm.
Huddleston claims that employees of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee committed medical malpractice in connection with his October 2006 colo-noscopy. Specifically, he contends that VA employees negligently reprocessed equipment used in the colonoscopy and that he contracted hepatitis B as a result. The VA informed Huddleston of the mishandling of…
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