OVERSTREET v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 79-511-N.

517 F.Supp. 1098 (1981)

William B. OVERSTREET, Sr., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, M. D. Alabama, N. D.

July 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jasper B. Roberts, Lewis B. Hickman, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff.

Barry E. Teague, U. S. Atty., Kenneth E. Vines, Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

HOBBS, District Judge.

Plaintiff has sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq., for alleged medical malpractice during the course of surgery to repair plaintiff's hiatal hernia at a United States Air Force hospital on June 21, 1974. Plaintiff is a retired veteran of the U.S. Air Force with twenty-three years of service. Plaintiff has had no experience in medicine or surgical procedures other...

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