Legal Opinion
Burton v. United States
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided January 23, 2001No. Civ.A. No. 3:00-0009PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
STAKER, Senior District Judge.
Pending before the Court is the government’s motion to amend its answer. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS the motion.
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On January 5, 2000, the plaintiffs, Jewell Burton and Steven Burton, filed a complaint against the defendant, the United States of America. The complaint alleges that Janice B. Huckaby, M.D.,1 on July 22, 1996, negligently performed a hysterectomy on Mrs. Burton by failing to remove one of her ovaries and fallopian tubes. The complaint also alleges that Dr. Huckaby subsequently failed to inform Mrs.…
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