Sewell v. United States

STAGG, Chief Judge.

OPINION

I INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Carl Sewell and his wife, who joins his petition for damages, have filed suit alleging medical malpractice on the part of plaintiff’s treating physicians at the Veterans Administration Medical Center (“VA”) in Shreveport, Louisiana. Plaintiff sues under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680. Thus, jurisdiction is proper in this court. 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b).

Under the FTCA, the “United States shall be liable ... in the same manner and to the same extent as a private individual under like circumstances____” 28 U.S.C. § 2674.…