BECKCOM v. UNITED STATES

No. 80-CV-18.

584 F.Supp. 1471 (1984)

Edwin A. BECKCOM, as Executor of the Estate of Linda M. Beckcom, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

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

As Amended May 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis, Bell & Niles, Plattsburgh, N.Y., for plaintiff; John L. Bell, Plattsburgh, N.Y., of counsel.

Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., U.S. Atty., N.D. N.Y., Albany, N.Y., for defendant; George A. Yanthis, Asst. U.S. Atty., Albany, N.Y., of counsel.


MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

MUNSON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Edwin A. Beckcom has brought this action pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act to recover for alleged medical malpractice by employees of the Department of the Air Force. Specifically, plaintiff alleges that a surgeon and nurse practitioner were negligent in failing to properly diagnose and treat his wife's breast cancer. Though originally brought...

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