FRIEDLAND v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 61-568-C.

209 F.Supp. 684 (1962)

Sheldon FRIEDLAND, Administrator of the Estate of Raymond Odias Poirier, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court D. Massachusetts.

October 30, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barney Papkin, New Bedford, Mass., for plaintiff.

W. Arthur Garrity, Jr., U. S. Atty., John J. Curtin, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., for defendant.


CAFFREY, District Judge.

This is an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act in which the plaintiff as Administrator of the Estate of Raymond Odias Poirier seeks to recover money damages from the United States because of alleged negligence of members of the medical staff at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Brockton, Massachusetts. The negligence is said to consist of a failure to properly supervise the intestate, allegedly a schizophrenic, with the result that...

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