Legal Opinion
Washington v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 30, 1985No. 84-6075PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOLOMON, Judge:
Appellants, Luther Washington and his six children, filed this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act against the United States for the wrongful death of Beatrice Washington. The district court held that the action was time barred and dismissed it. The Washingtons appealed.
Facts
In September, 1967, Beatrice Washington was admitted to the Plattsburgh Air Force Base Hospital in New York for delivery of her baby. When Air Force physicians injected her with a spinal anesthetic, she went into a coma, and she remained in a coma until her death fourteen years later. She was at the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. KubrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Richards v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Order of Railroad Telegraphers v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Babcock v. JacksonNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
- Prink v. Rockefeller Center, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1979
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