Legal Opinion
Lawson v. United States
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided October 2, 2006No. Civil RWT 03-884PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TITUS, District Judge.
On March 27, 2003, plaintiff Ruth M. Lawson (“Mrs.Lawson”) brought this action against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680. In her Complaint, she asserted claims of medical malpractice relating to care during her second pregnancy that she received from health care providers at the Malcolm Grow Medical Center (“MGMC”) at Andrews Air Force Base.
The two basic questions raised by this case are: (1) whether the applicable standard of care required Mrs. Lawson’s health care providers at MGMC to recognize that she had an…
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