Legal Opinion
Stephen Barnhart v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 17, 1989No. 88-3402PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
As the district court has already noted, this case presents a most unfortunate situ ation which, regrettably, we cannot remedy at this late juncture. The plaintiff in this case, Stephen Barnhart, suffers from tar-dive dyskinesia, an irreversible neurological condition brought on by the use of certain tranquilizers for an unduly long period of time. Barnhart took large doses of these medications over an extended period at the instruction of physicians at various Veteran’s Administration (“VA”) hospitals. By the time Barnhart’s condition was discovered, he had suffered…
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