Legal Opinion
Champagne v. United States
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided October 20, 1983No. Civ. A. 82-63PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McNAMARA, District Judge.
Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction and/or for Failure to State a Claim upon which Relief can be Granted came on for hearing on a previous date at which time it was taken under advisement. The various issues raised by this Motion are considered herein.
1. FACTS
This suit results from the alleged negligence of the staff of a Veterans Hospital during Nathan J. Champagne’s visits in February and March of 1979, which allegedly caused the death of Nathan in July 1979.
Dora Champagne, Nathan’s widow, filed notice of her claim with the local…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Staggers v. Otto Gerdau Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Clayton Avery, Jr. v. United States of America, Abel Rocha v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Stanley R. Caidin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Wassel v. EglowskyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1975
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Kelly Copen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2021
- Pleasant v. United States Ex Rel. Overton Brooks Veterans Administration HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
- Campbell v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1990
- Ottem Ex Rel. Ottem v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1984
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