BIGGS v. U.S.

Civ. A. No. 84-3397.

655 F.Supp. 1093 (1987)

Charles Frederick BIGGS Jr. v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

March 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frances Baker Jack, Hunter & Jack, Shreveport, La., for plaintiff.

Joseph S. Cage, U.S. Atty., John R. (Jack) Halliburton, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dept. of Justice, Shreveport, La., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM RULING

STAGG, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On September 11, 1983, Charles Frederick Biggs, Jr., plaintiff's deceased son, entered the Veterans' Administration Medical Center ("VA") in Shreveport, Louisiana for elective surgery to his right shoulder. Biggs was given pre-operative medication and prepared for surgery on the morning of September 15. He was strapped on a gurney with its side...

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