Legal Opinion
Levin v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 4, 2013No. 11-1351PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
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Petitioner Steven Alan Levin, a veteran, suffered injuries as a result of cataract surgery performed at the U. S. Naval Hospital in Guam. He asserts that, just prior to the operation, concern about equipment in the operating room led him to withdraw his consent to the surgery. Seeking compensation from the United States, Levin sued under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U. S. C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680, which waives the Government’s sovereign immunity from tort suits, but excepts from the waiver certain intentional torts, including battery, § 2680(h). Levin relied on the Gonzalez Act, 10…
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