GILLES v. U.S.

No. 86-2749.

906 F.2d 1386 (1990)

Milton A. GILLES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, and Karen Friday, M.D., and Dwight Reynolds, M.D., individually and as employees, servants and agents of the Veterans Administration Hospital, enterprise, an agency of the United States Government, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stan Twardy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for plaintiff-appellant.

Eleanor Joyce Darden Thompson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl. (William S. Price, U.S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl., was with her on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, and SETH, McKAY, LOGAN, SEYMOUR, MOORE, ANDERSON, TACHA, BALDOCK, BRORBY, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.


HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge.

Invoking the Federal Tort Claims Act, the plaintiff Milton A. Gilles alleged that physicians at the Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital in Oklahoma City committed medical malpractice and caused him to sustain personal injuries. The alleged wrongful acts occurred between an initial hospital visit on September 21, 1981, and Gilles' discharge from the hospital in 1985.

The trial judge's order, I R. Item 21, held that the original complaint...

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