Jones v. La Riviera Club, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

ACOSTA, District Judge.

The case at bar is a wrongful death action. Plaintiff-deceased Timothy Patrick Jones and his widow, Cheryl Jones, sued the above-named main defendants for intentional tort and negligence, pursuant to our diversity jurisdiction. The United States, in turn, is being sued for medical malpractice pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 2671, et seq. 1

Pending before the Court is the United States’ motion for summary judgment 2 . Plaintiff 3 and third-party plaintiffs filed their respective oppositions 4 , to which the United States…