Legal Opinion
Hal Korek and Charlotte Korek v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 11, 1984No. 904, Docket 83-6318PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Chief Judge:
Hal Korek and Charlotte Korek appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Jack B. Weinstein, Ch.J., awarding them damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b) & 2671 et seq., for injuries suffered by Hal Korek (plaintiff) as a result of surgery at a Veterans Administration (VA) hospital in Brooklyn.
This medical malpractice case arises out of two operations on plaintiff by doctors employed at the VA hospital. At the outset of the trial, the government conceded both that the surgery had been performed…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Hilda Hegger, of the Estate of Fred P. Hegger, Plaintiff-Appellee v. George E. Green, and St. Luke's Hospital Center, Defendant-Appellant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- John Adams Fuchstadt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
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