MOOS v. UNITED STATES

No. 15061.

225 F.2d 705 (1955)

Anthony MOOS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

September 23, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. MacGibbon, Elk River, Minn., for appellant.

Lester S. Jayson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul A. Sweeney, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., George E. MacKinnon, U. S. Atty., and J. Clifford Janes, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Paul, Minn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, WOODROUGH and VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judges.


SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

Anthony Moos, a discharged veteran, brought this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346(b), to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by an unnecessary and unauthorized surgical operation on his right leg and hip while he was in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the fall of 1952, for treatment of a service-connected injury of his left leg and hip.

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