Avakian v. United States

MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

McCURN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs bring this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), (“F.T.C.A.”) alleging that the United States (“the defendant” or “the government”) failed to obtain plaintiff Bri-giatta Avakian’s (“Mrs. Avakian’s”) informed consent prior to the performance of a myelogram at the Plattsburgh Air Force Base Hospital in Plattsburgh, New York. Plaintiffs further allege that the defendant was negligent in the care and treatment it afforded Mrs. Avakian while an inpatient at the hospital. Mrs. Avakian’s husband, Robert Avakian…