Legal Opinion
Estate of Santos v. United States
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided September 24, 1981No. Civ. 80-1672PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
GIERBOLINI, District Judge.
Plaintiff brought this action against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (F.T.C.A.), 28 U.S.C. Sections 2671 — 2680, to recover damages caused by the alleged negligence and malpractice of defendant’s agents and/or employees at two United States Public Health Service clinics in New York and San Juan, and at the Presbyterian Hospital in Condado, Puerto Rico. Defendant now moves the court to dismiss the action on two grounds: (1) that plaintiff has no personality to sue or be sued, and (2) that plaintiff has not exhausted his…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. MunizSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Stanley Bialowas, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Lunsford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Best Bearings Co., an Illinois Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- Mary Eileen Meeker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Frantz v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1992
- Champagne v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1983
- Cintron v. San Juan Gas, Inc.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1999
- Adames Mendez v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1987
- Leaty v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1990
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