Legal Opinion
Primus v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 17, 2004No. 04-1085PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Sharon Primus claims in this medical malpractice case that her breast cancer progressed undetected to a serious level as a result of mis-diagnosis and substandard care by an Air Force doctor. The district court concluded otherwise and granted judgment for the United States after a non-jury trial on Primus’s claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680. See Primus v. United States, 287 F.Supp.2d 119 (D.Mass.2003). On appeal, Primus contends that the evidence does not support the court’s ruling, and she further…
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