Poyser v. United States

MEMORANDUM

TAURO, District Judge.

This is a medical malpractice action against the United States of America under the Federal Tort Claims Act (F.T.C.A.), 28 U.S.C. § 2674 (1965). Plaintiff Genoveva Poyser, administratrix of the estate of Leitza Poyser, claims that an Army physician, Dr. James Hanley, was negligent in misdiagnosing the decedent’s condition and in failing to admit her to the hospital for evaluation. 1

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FACTS

On October 24, 1979, decedent Leitza Poyser, a fifteen year-old girl, experienced severe chest pain throughout the day. At approximately six p.m., the decedent’s mother,…