Katherine M. Meyer v. United States

WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

This is a Federal Tort Claims Act case which arises under 28 U.S.C §§ 1346(b), 2671-2679. The basis for jurisdiction under the mentioned Act stems from the fact that the dentist who performed an operation which resulted in injury to the plaintiff was employed by the United States in the Family Clinic at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver. The particular act relied on is the alleged failure of the dentist, Dr. Kent L. Aitken, to advise the plaintiff-appellant that a risk existed that she would have a permanent numbness resulting from the severance of the lingual…