Legal Opinion
Woodruff v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 17, 2004No. 02-7040, 02-7051PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
After receiving allegedly substandard medical care, John Alton Woodruff (“Plaintiff’) brought a malpractice action against Drs. C. Thomas Covington and Jihad Ahmad, as well as the Central Oklahoma American Indian Health Council (“COAIHC”), the Carl Albert Indian Health Facility (“Carl Albert Hospital”), and the United States of America (named as defendant for Carl Albert Hospital). Dr. Covington filed a motion to dismiss on the grounds that he was a federal employee under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), and thus the United States was the only…
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