Legal Opinion
Rendon v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 22, 2000No. Civil Action 99-5912Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LUDWIG, District Judge.
Defendant United States moves to dismiss this action on the ground that it is barred by the Federal Torts Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346. Fed.R.Civ.P. 12. Jurisdiction results from the substitution of the United States as a defendant. 28 U.S.C. § 1346.
Plaintiff Zulay Rendon is the parent of Karina Garcia, a minor, whose care by a number of physicians is alleged to have resulted in a condition known as avascular necrosis. 1 On September 17, 1999 this medical malpractice action was begun in the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia, and on November 24, 1999 it was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. KubrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Richard Augustine v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- John Barren, an Incompetent, by His Guardian, Henrietta Barren v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Mary L. Goodhand v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Cara Lyn Landreth, a Minor, by and Through Her Guardian Ad Litem, Joseph Y. Ore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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