Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. United States
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided October 3, 1974No. Civ. A. C-5130PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ARRAJ, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff seeks recovery under the Federal Tort Claims Act (specifically, 28 U.S.C. § 1346), for the wrongful death of her husband. She alleges that agents and employees of the Denver Veterans Administration Hospital were negligent in failing to discover or disclose the presence of malignant cells in tissue removed from decedent’s stomach during' exploratory surgery at defendant’s hospital. Plaintiff further contends that this failure prevented decedent from obtaining timely medical attention, and that such negligence proximately resulted in his premature…
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- Wohlgemuth v. MeyerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1956
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