Legal Opinion
David Keller v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 29, 1995No. 94-2633PublishedCited by 222 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
David Keller, who suffered a crippling disability as the result of an operation at a Veteran’s Administration Hospital in New Mexico, appeals the denial of his medical malpractice claim against the United States government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671 et seq. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
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On April 1, 1988, at the Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center in New Mexico, Dr. Stuart Pett 1 repaired a chronic pseudoaneurism (hereinafter “aneurism”) in Mr. Keller’s descending thoracic aorta. Following…
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