CARPENTER v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE DOUGLAS CARPENTER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) 1:18-cv-00128-JDL ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendant. ) ORDER ON THE GOVERNMENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS This case arises from allegedly negligent medical treatment that Dr. Thomas Franchini, a former Veterans Administration podiatrist at the Togus Veterans Administration Medical Center (“VAMC”) in Augusta, Maine, provided to the Plaintiff, Douglas Carpenter. The Government moves to dismiss Carpenter’s claim, which is brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”),

28 U.S.C.A. § 2671

et seq. (West…