Legal Opinion
Anestis Ex Rel. Estate of Anestis v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 18, 2014No. 13-6062PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.
Cameron Anestis, a former-Marine and veteran of the war in Iraq, committed suicide after he was turned away from two Veterans Administrative (“VA”) clinics. His widow asserted claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act, claiming that the VA committed medical malpractice in turning her husband away from the VA clinics. The district court granted the Government’s motion to dismiss, holding that it did not have jurisdiction over the claims because they involved a review of a VA “benefits determination” and the Veterans Judicial Review Act precluded it from…
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