Legal Opinion
Michael Houston v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 3, 2016No. 15-2411UnpublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Michael Houston is permanently disfigured as a result of a severe skin reaction called Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), which he developed after taking allopuri-nol, a prescription drug used to treat gout. Houston brought tort claims in state court against the federally funded health clinic where he was treated for gout, the physician’s assistant who prescribed allopurinol, and the drug manufacturer. The United States removed the case to federal court and substituted itself as the defendant in place of the federal healthcare providers, as the Federal Tort Claims Act provides. See 28…
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