DEWES v. INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, ETC.

Civ. No. 79-3002.

504 F.Supp. 203 (1980)

Mark DEWES, Plaintiff, v. INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; Bureau of Indian Affairs; Department of Health, Education and Welfare; National Health Service Corps and United States of America, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, C. D.

October 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. M. Grossenburg, Day, Grossenburg & Whiting, Winner, S. D., for plaintiff.

John J. Ulrich, Asst. U. S. Atty., Sioux Falls, S. D., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

DONALD J. PORTER, District Judge.

CASE SUMMARY

The complaint was filed in this case on January 17, 1979, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq. It alleged that the medical personnel of the National Health Service Corps had negligently failed to diagnose and properly treat plaintiff's arm and leg injuries, that defendants were negligent in employing a physician whose competence was in question, that defendants...

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