Legal Opinion
Ellis v. United States
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided December 27, 1978No. Civ. A. 76-2134PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
SIMONS, District Judge.
This is a medical malpractice action brought by the plaintiff under the Federal Tort Claims Act and pursuant to Section 15-51 — 10 of the South Carolina Code (formerly Section 10-1951 of the 1962 South Carolina Code.) It is alleged, inter alia, that one John M. Ellis husband of Mearl S. Ellis and father of Yolanda Ellis, was admitted to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina, on January 14, 1976, as a psychiatric patient, and that on January 18, 1976, he was permitted to leave the VA Hospital in the custody of his mother. It is further…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- O'Connor v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Hazel Morgan Hicks v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Weldon A. Price v. Susanne Neyland, as Next Friend of Michele Marie Neyland, an Infant, and Herbert NeylandCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- Steeves v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1968
- Walstad v. University of Minnesota HospitalsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Phillips v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1981
- Goewey v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1995
- Andrews v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1982
- Todd v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1983
- Dumont v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 2000
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