Legal Opinion
Karen Woods and Gary Woods v. United States of America, Department of the Army, Letterman Army Medical Center
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 28, 1983No. 81-4609PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRANT, Senior District Judge:
Plaintiffs, in this malpractice action against the United States,1 allege personal injuries and mental pain and suffering sustained by Karen Woods as a result of the alleged negligent administration of a cervical myelogram during which the physicians negligently failed to aspirate all of the contrast medium (Pantopaque) used, and the residual Pantopaque is alleged to have resulted in brain damage.
The defendant denied any negligence whatsoever and denied that any negligence proximately caused injury to the plaintiffs.
The District Court had subject matter…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. GilmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Meghan Corinne Jablonski, a Minor, by Her Guardian Ad Litem, Isobel C. Pahls v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Anthony Moos v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1955
- Lane v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1964
- Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Joseph Herbert Mars v. Jack A. HanberryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Mrs. Verdie Mae Franklin Verdie Mae Franklin, Administratrix of the Estate of Lonnie B. Franklin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Irving LANCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Michael G. Holdiness v. A.M. Stroud, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Federal Sav. and Loan Ins. Corp. v. BurdetteDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1988
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