Vargas v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION LOUIS VARGAS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) No. 1:16-CV-11012 ) v. ) ) Judge Edmond E. Chang UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER I. Background This is a medical-malpractice case against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act,

28 U.S.C. §§ 2671

et seq. In October 2015, Louis Vargas visited the Urology Clinic at the Edward Hines, Jr. Hospital, which is run by the Department of Veterans Affairs. He alleges that the Clinic missed a urinary tract infection, which he believes later…