Legal Opinion
Turner v. United States
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided July 2, 2018No. 3:18-cv-0061 (VAB)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Victor A. Bolden, United States District Judge
Glenford Turner and Colleen Jacks-Turner (the "Turners" or "Plaintiffs") filed this lawsuit against the United States of America ("Defendant"), seeking damages after a United States Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA") surgeon allegedly left a scalpel inside Mr. Turner during surgery. The United States operates the VA's hospital in West Haven, Connecticut, and employed Jaimin Shah, M.D., a "5th year urology trainee" at the time of the surgery, as an "agent or employee or governmental actor of the United States of America." Am. Compl. ¶ 4, ECF No.…
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