SPEER v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 3-79-0668-H.

512 F.Supp. 670 (1981)

Carol E. SPEER, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.

March 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Hayes, Law Offices of Windle Turley, P.C., Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff.

Charles D. Cabaniss, Asst. U. S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

SANDERS, District Judge.

On July 27, 1976, Jerry Speer died at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, as a result of complications from a self-administered overdose of the drug Amitriptlyine. The difficult question which faces this Court is whether alleged negligence in treatment and services by Veterans Administration (VA) personnel at the Dallas VA hospital was the cause of Jerry Speer's suicide. Plaintiff Carol Speer, widow of...

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