ROACH v. SHIELDS

No. C.A. 70-2952.

371 F.Supp. 1392 (1974)

Terrance ROACH, Plaintiff, v. Jerry SHIELDS, M.D., Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

February 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Lore, Cohen & Lore, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Robert E. J. Curran, U. S. Atty., C. Oliver Burt, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CLIFFORD SCOTT GREEN, District Judge.

This is a diversity action based upon the defendant-doctor's allegedly negligent diagnosis and treatment of plaintiff's right leg while plaintiff was in the military service of the United States. This negligence is said to have caused a malignant tumor in plaintiff's right leg, and as a result, plaintiff's right leg was amputated at the hip.

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