JACKSON v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 11398.

182 F.Supp. 907 (1960)

Lawrence JACKSON v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

April 19, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Ellin, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff.

Leon H. A. Pierson, U. S. Atty., and Robert E. Cahill, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., for defendant.


THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

This action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq., filed 20 May 1959, presents a troublesome question of damages, made more difficult by the fact that plaintiff's counsel and witnesses have gilded his claim with deliberate exaggerations which must be scraped off before the underlying metal can be assayed.

The claim is based upon the alleged negligence of the doctors at the U.S.P.H. S. Hospital...

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