Legal Opinion
Smith v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 27, 1977No. Civ. A. 73-2383PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOHN MORGAN DAVIS, Senior District Judge.
This action was brought by the widow and children of a deceased veteran who was killed when he threw himself in front of a train while on an unauthorized absence from a Veterans Administration Psychiatric Hospital. Plaintiffs claim that their decedent’s death was directly caused by the negligence of defendant in 1) the inappropriate treatment decedent received while under Government psychiatric care, which prevented him from overcoming his illness, and 2) the allowance by defendant’s personnel of decedent to have enough freedom of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- James Magill, Administrator of the Estate of Frank W. Magill, Jr., Deceased v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. Murphy, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Raye Dinnerstein, of the Estate of Howard Dinnerstein v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Phillips v. WardDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
3Cited by11 opinions
- McPeake v. Cannon, Esquire, PCSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Leedy v. HartnettDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- Vattimo v. Lower Bucks Hospital Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Hossic v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
- Morales v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1986
6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.