Finn v. United States

Plaintiff is a former Naval aviator who sustained multiple injuries when he made a high speed, low altitude ejection from his aircraft on February 17,1970. The injuries included total knee dislocations and a fracture of the left shoulder. Plaintiff was 'hospitalized at the Naval hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas from February 16,1970, until October 2,1970, and again from March 23, 1971, until May 12,1971. During *355this period, plaintiff received three operations in an attempt to correct his injuries.

On October 2,1970, a Naval Medical Board found plaintiff fit for limited duty for six months.…