HENNING v. UNITED STATES

No. 19088.

446 F.2d 774 (1971)

Ralph J. HENNING, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome R. Verlin, Dragon, Verlin & Galfand, Philadelphia, Pa., (N. Carl Schwartz, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

James C. Hair, Jr., Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (William D. Ruckelshaus, Asst. Atty. Gen., Louis C. Bechtle, U. S. Atty., Robert V. Zener, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS and KALODNER, Circuit Judges and WHIPPLE, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Henning brought this suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq. to recover damages for:

"(a) causing the plaintiff to contract the disease of tuberculosis; "(b) failing to discover that plaintiff had contracted the disease of tuberculosis both before and after discharge; "(c) failing to properly administer x-rays both before and after...

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