Legal Opinion
Biggs v. United States
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided March 9, 1987No. Civ. A. 84-3397PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM RULING
STAGG, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
On September 11, 1983, Charles Frederick Biggs, Jr., plaintiff’s deceased son, entered the Veterans’ Administration Medical Center (“VA”) in Shreveport, Louisiana for elective surgery to his right shoulder. Biggs was given pre-operative medication and prepared for surgery on the morning of September 15. He was strapped on a gurney with its side rails in the up position. Biggs was then wheeled to the hallway outside the surgical area and was left there while the operating room was being prepared.
While he was in the hallway, Biggs extricated…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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