KOREK v. UNITED STATES

No. 904, Docket 83-6318.

734 F.2d 923 (1984)

Hal KOREK and Charlotte Korek, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Kreindler, New York City (Kreindler & Kreindler, Steven S. Phillips, Donald I. Marlin, James P. Kreindler, New York City, of Counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert Begleiter, Brooklyn, N.Y., Asst. U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y. (Raymond J. Dearie, U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Miles M. Tepper, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and MANSFIELD and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

Hal Korek and Charlotte Korek appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Jack B. Weinstein, Ch.J., awarding them damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b) & 2671 et seq., for injuries suffered by Hal Korek (plaintiff) as a result of surgery at a Veterans Administration (VA) hospital in Brooklyn.

This medical malpractice case arises out of two operations...

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