Legal Opinion
M.M.H. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 7, 1992No. 91-3130PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, abbreviated in the papers as M.M.H., was formerly an active member of the United States Army. The United States may have committed at least two torts against her. First, the army mistakenly determined that she was infected with the HIV-III virus which causes AIDS. Then, after a second blood test indicated that the plaintiff was not infected, the army failed to inform her of this fact. The initial misdiagnosis occurred while the plaintiff was on active duty, so the Feres 1 doctrine precludes the plaintiff from recovering for that tort. The question…
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