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WOODS v. UNITED STATES

No. 81-4609.

720 F.2d 1451 (1983)

Karen WOODS and Gary Woods, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Department of the Army, Letterman Army Medical Center, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Re-submitted August 25, 1983.

Decided November 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Maurer, Jr., Maurer, Higginbotham & Harris, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John F. Barg, Asst. U.S. Atty., Richard S. Gilardi, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before WALLACE and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.

GRANT, Senior District Judge:

Plaintiffs, in this malpractice action against the United States,1 allege personal injuries and mental pain and suffering sustained by Karen Woods as a result of the alleged negligent administration of a cervical myelogram during which the physicians negligently failed to aspirate all of the contrast medium (Pantopaque) used, and the residual Pantopaque is alleged to have resulted in brain damage.

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