Legal Opinion
Sharon Lee Wright v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1983No. 81-1788PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH, Circuit Judge.
On September 8, 1975, Sharon Lee Wright, plaintiff-appellant, became acutely ill. She was admitted to the Allen Park Veterans Administration Hospital where she was employed as a secretary. Physicians at the hospital treated her for a ruptured tubal pregnancy. Subsequently, Wright recovered and filed the present action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2675. Wright alleged that the physicians at the Veterans Administration Hospital performed the surgical procedures negligently. The district court ultimately held that the Federal Employees Compensation Act, 5…
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