Wood v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

THOMAS D. SCHROEDER, District Judge

This is an action by Plaintiff, Ethel Thomas Wood, as Executor of the estate of her deceased husband, James Waverly Wood, alleging negligence and premises liability against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq. (“FTCA”), following Mr. Wood’s surgery and subsequent death at a Veterans Affairs (“VA”) facility. The United States now moves for summary judgment on four grounds: (1) Plaintiff did *838not provide notice of her current theories to the administrative agency as required by the…