Legal Opinion
Gipson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 26, 2011No. 09-2756PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Maurice Gipson, an inmate of a federal prison in Indiana, brought suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-80, complaining about complications of neck surgery because the prison’s medical staff had disregarded a medical directive that he be told to stop taking blood thinners at least five days before the operation. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the government because Gipson had failed to submit a medical expert’s opinion that in disregarding the directive the prison’s medical staff had violated the applicable standard…
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