Legal Opinion
United States v. James F. Merrigan and James F. Merrigan, Jr., and Third-Party v. Thomas J. McKinney Third-Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 16, 1968No. 16657_1PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an action by the United States of America under the Medical Care Recovery Act (76 Stat. 593, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2651-2653), to recover the reasonable value of hospital, medical and surgical care amounting to $4,641 furnished by the Veteran’s Administration to a veteran injured as the result of defendant’s negligence. The veteran had instituted his own action against the tortfeasor within six months after the government first furnished the medical care, and his action had already gone to trial and judgment before the government brought its action.1…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. Standard Oil Co. Of CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Wyandotte Transportation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Donald Feeley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- United States v. GreeneDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1967
- United States v. Fort Benning Rifle and Pistol ClubCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Tommy Duane Thomas, Jr. And Marilyn Kay Terrell, His Parent and Guardian, and United States of America v. Gerald Shelton and Barbara SheltonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Commercial Union Insurance Company v. United States v. William ScottCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Andrew GeraCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- White v. SutherlandNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1978
- Hedgebeth v. MedfordSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1977
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