Sawyer v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KELLAM, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff seeks to recover damages from the United States under the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2672 and other provisions of Chapter 171 of that Title, the procedure for which is prescribed by 28 U.S.C. § 2401, jurisdiction for which is found in 28 U.S.C. § 1346, based on the alleged negligence of the United States in the care and attention of plaintiff’s decedent, who was a patient of the United States at the United States Public Health Service Hospital in Norfolk.

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Plaintiff’s decedent was injured in an automobile accident in…