Legal Opinion
Somma v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 22, 1960No. Civ. A. No. 22615PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DUSEN, District Judge.
In this action for damages, as a result of hospitalization, convalescence and resulting losses alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence in failing to detect and warn the 43 year old plaintiff of evidence of tuberculosis on x-rays taken in 1954, 1955, and 1956,1 plaintiff testified that x-rays had been taken of his chest approximately once a year from 1940, when he started to work as a civilian for the Navy, to 1954 and thereafter about every six months (N.T. 10-11). The following x-rays, taken prior to the hemorrhaging on May 29, 1956, which caused…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Federal Maritime Board v. Isbrandtsen Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Johansen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Patterson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- United States v. Wilroy ReidCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Stager v. SchneiderDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Annunzio Somma v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Mecham v. McLeayNebraska Supreme Court · 1975