Legal Opinion

Zeranti v. United States

District Court, W.D. New York

Decided February 11, 2019No. 1:15-CV-00488 EAWPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ELIZABETH A. WOLFORD, United States District Judge

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Kenneth Zeranti ("Plaintiff") brings this action pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA"), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b) and 2671 et seq. , against defendants United States of America ("Defendant") and Erica L. Sargent, Ph.D. ("Dr. Sargent"), alleging negligence resulting in "permanent or long-standing emotional harm." (Dkt. 1). Specifically, Plaintiff claims that Dr. Sargent, Plaintiff's psychotherapist at the Veterans Administration ("VA") Hospital in Buffalo, New York ("Buffalo VAMC"), mismanaged Plaintiff's emotional…

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