Legal Opinion
Walter Lojuk v. Marjorie Quandt, Director of the Veterans Administration Hospital
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 19, 1983No. 82-1084PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Walter Lojuk alleges that he was subjected to electro-shock therapy (electro-convulsive therapy or ECT) without his consent and in spite of his family’s objections while a voluntary patient at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in North Chicago, Illinois. Plaintiff alleges that he served in the United States Army on two occasions between 1968-1970 and 1971-1975. After his second discharge he suffered from depression and was placed in mental hospitals on three occasions. In March 1979 his family had him admitted to the Veterans Administration (VA)…
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