Legal Opinion
Lewis v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 28, 2001No. Civ.A. 00-1705(LFO)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
This is a medical malpractice claim brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act by a mother and her son, alleging that negligent treatment by staff at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (‘Walter Reed”) during childbirth led to the son’s brain damage and quadriplegia. Plaintiff Regina Ann Lewis was a sergeant in the United States Army when her son, Clayton Jamal Lewis, was born on October 14, 1993. The mother seeks compensatory and punitive damages on behalf of her son; she also seeks damages for herself based on the lifetime cost of caring for Clayton as well…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. KubrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Burns v. BellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Theodore L. Lombard v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Joyce Atkinson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by9 opinions
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