Legal Opinion
Baker v. United States
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided February 13, 1964No. Civ. 2-546PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Chief Judge.
This action was brought by Mrs. Kenneth Baker as legal guardian for Kenneth Baker, an incompetent, against the United States of America under the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act, Title 28 U.S.C.A., § 1346(b) and §§ 2671-2680. Plaintiff seeks to recover damages in the sum of $100,000 for injuries allegedly sustained by her ward in attempting to commit suicide by jumping into a concrete window well on the grounds of the Veterans Administration Hospital at Iowa City, Iowa, where said ward was under psychiatric treatment. In addition plaintiff, individually,…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Bradshaw v. Iowa Methodist HospitalSupreme Court of Iowa · 1960
- Mrs. Cordie Ola Fair v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Shover v. Iowa Lutheran HospitalSupreme Court of Iowa · 1961
- Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Durflinger v. ArtilesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1983
- Lipari v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.District Court, D. Nebraska · 1980
- Durflinger v. ArtilesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
- Naidu v. LairdSupreme Court of Delaware · 1988
- Mrs. Kenneth Baker as Legal Guardian of Kenneth Baker, and Mrs. Kenneth Baker, Individually v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
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