MCCUSKER v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS EDWARD G. MCCUSKER, Plaintiff, v. No. 17-cv-11334-DLC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S APPEAL OF THE RULING OF THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE TRIBUNAL CABELL, U.S.M.J I. INTRODUCTION Pro se plaintiff Edward McCusker asserts claims of medical malpractice and negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED) against the United States based on the allegedly substandard care he received while incarcerated at Federal Medical Center (FMC) Devens.1 McCusker alleges that, after he was hospitalized following an…