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UNITED STATES v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

Civ. A. Nos. 42910, 42911.

281 F.Supp. 175 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Jack GITTLEMACKER v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA et al. UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Jack and Ethel GITTLEMACKER v. COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA et al.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

March 4, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Sennett, Harrisburg, by Frank P. Lawley, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., for respondents.

Murray C. Goldman, Asst. City Solicitor, for County of Philadelphia and Philadelphia General Hospital.

Edward C. German, Philadelphia, Pa., for John McAllister.

William J. O'Brien, Philadelphia, Pa., for Williamsport Hospital.

OPINION

LUONGO, District Judge.

Jack Gittlemacker, a state prisoner, instituted these actions under the Civil Rights Act1 seeking a total of $55,000,000 damages for alleged improper medical treatment accorded to him and to his wife, Ethel, while both were incarcerated in state institutions. CA 42910 complains of improper medical treatment to Jack Gittlemacker. He is the sole plaintiff in that suit and the defendants are the Commonwealth...

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