DEL VALLE v. VET. ADMIN., KINGSBRIDGE

No. 82 Civ. 7973 (RLC).

571 F.Supp. 676 (1983)

Virginia Rodriguez DEL VALLE, Abraham D. Levy, Bronx Public Administrator as Administrator of the Estates of Elizabeth Noemi Sanchez and Hamilton Sanchez Padillo on behalf of Elizabeth Noemi Sanchez and Hamilton Sanchez Padillo, Plaintiffs, v. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, KINGSBRIDGE, Veterans Administration Hospital, Agency of the United States Government, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos Perez Olivo, New York City, for plaintiffs.

John S. Martin, Jr., U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City, for defendant; Denny Chin, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

Jose Antonio Sanchez Rodriguez was a patient in the Kingsbridge Veterans Hospital in the Bronx on June 1, 1980, when he was wounded by a gunshot. He died as a result of the injury.

On May 28, 1982, plaintiffs' attorney, Carlos Perez Olivo, filed an administrative "claim for damage [sic] injury, or death" with the Veterans Administration ("VA") on behalf of three of the decedent's alleged heirs. Defendant...

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