Legal Opinion
Dessi v. United States
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided April 29, 1980No. Civ. A. 78-180-NPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.
This medical malpractice case arises under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq. Plaintiff claims he was rendered impotent as the result of an operation performed by a government physician at the United States Public Health Service Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. Although the plaintiff does not contend that the operation was negligently performed, he claims that (1) he should have been informed of the risks associated with such an operation, and (2) the operation was not necessary. Defendant, in addition to a general denial of…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Jerry W. Canterbury v. William Thornton Spence and the Washington Hospital Center, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Cobbs v. GrantCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Gould ex rel. Gould v. U.S. Deparment of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Guebard v. JabaayAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
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