Legal Opinion
Jefferson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 13, 1950No. 5815PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by a member of the armed forces of the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 2674 et seq., to recover for person al injuries resulting from a surgical operation performed by an army surgeon at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. It was found by Judge Chesnut at the trial in the District Court, 77 F.Supp. 706, that a towel used during an operation had been left in a surgical wound through the negligence of government employees at the hospital, and in consequence the plaintiff had suffered serious injuries for which $7,500 would be an…
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3Cited by42 opinions
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