Legal Opinion
Kenneth E. Sitts v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 2, 1987No. 155, Docket 86-6110PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Kenneth E. Sitts appeals from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, Howard G. Munson, Chief Judge, summarily dismissing his medical malpractice claim against defendant United States of America, brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq. (1982), for damages allegedly resulting from a spinal operation he underwent at a Veterans Administration (“VA”) Hospital in 1978. The district court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that under New York…
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