Legal Opinion
Pauline v. United States of America
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 13, 2015No. Civil Action No. 2008-1788Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, United States District Judge
This is a wrongful death and survival action brought by John Pauline, son and estate representative of Joseph Pauline, who committed suicide on October 19, 2007 while a resident at the Washington, D.C. campus of the Armed Forces Retirement Home. The elder Mr. Pauline had long suffered from mental illness, and plaintiff contends that his father received inadequate care in the months preceding his death, proximately causing inordinate psychic distress and his ultimate suicide. The defendants in this action are the United…
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