Legal Opinion
Bursztajn v. USA
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 29, 2004No. 03-30478PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-Appellant Sherry Bursztajn, M.D., a professor at Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport (“LSUMC” or “the hospital”) at the time she was injured, appeals the district court’s grant of judgment as a matter of law (“jmol”), dismissing her and her husband’s personal injury claims advanced against the United States Army (the “Army”) under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq. Likewise, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellant the State of Louisiana (the “State”) appeals the jmol’s dismissal of its claims for recovery of workers’ compensation benefits that…
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