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SHUMAKER v. U.S.

Civ. Nos. C-85-932-G, C-85-995-G.

714 F.Supp. 154 (1988)

Jessica SHUMAKER, by her guardian ad litem, Jesse Shumaker; Jesse Shumaker; and Donna Shumaker, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Jessica SHUMAKER, by her guardian ad litem, Jesse Shumaker; Jesse Shumaker; and Donna Shumaker, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, and Dr. David Johnson, Defendant, and Caswell Family Medical Center, Inc., Defendant and Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina, Greensboro Division.

July 15, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Berkelhammer, Bynum M. Hunter and Alan W. Duncan, Greensboro, N.C., and Jess Moore, Reidsville, N.C., for plaintiffs.

Robert H. Edmonds, J., U.S. Atty., J. Reed Johnston, Jr., Frederick K. Sharpless, Joseph E. Elrod, III, Greensboro, N.C., and Michael R. Mitwol, Wilmington, N.C., for defendants and defendant and third-party defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BULLOCK, District Judge.

This matter comes before the court on the various Defendants' motions for summary judgment and the Defendant United States of America's motion for judgment on the pleadings. The action arises from alleged medical malpractice by two doctors, Gahear F. Hamlor and David W. Johnson, in failing to refer Jessica Shumaker to an ophthalmologist. Plaintiffs Jessica and her parents allege that as a result of the doctors...

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