AVAKIAN v. U.S.

No. 85-CV-706.

739 F.Supp. 724 (1990)

Brigiatta K. AVAKIAN and Robert Avakian, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

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

June 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel H. Mahoney, Albany, N.Y., for plaintiffs.

Nikki Calvano, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.; Captain Thomas Ware, of counsel.

Martin Ganotis & Brown, Syracuse, N.Y., for Patel; Thomas F. Currie, of counsel.

Hesson Ford & Whalen, Albany, N.Y., for Sterling Drug; Daniel A. Whalen, of counsel.


MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

McCURN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs bring this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), ("F.T.C.A.") alleging that the United States ("the defendant" or "the government") failed to obtain plaintiff Brigiatta Avakian's ("Mrs. Avakian's") informed consent prior to the performance of a myelogram at the Plattsburgh Air Force Base Hospital in Plattsburgh, New York. Plaintiffs further allege that the defendant...

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