Legal Opinion
Speer v. United States
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided March 24, 1981No. Civ. A. 3-79-0668-HPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SANDERS, District Judge.
On July 27, 1976, Jerry Speer died at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, as a result of complications from a self-administered overdose, of the drug Amitriptlyine. The difficult question which faces this Court is whether alleged negligence in treatment and services by Veterans Administration (VA) personnel at the Dallas VA hospital was the cause of Jerry Speer’s suicide. Plaintiff Carol Speer, widow of Jerry Speer, asserts that her husband’s suicide was a foreseeable result of the psychiatric treatment he received from Dr. George Winkelman,…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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