DEASY v. U.S.

No. 95-1276.

99 F.3d 354 (1996)

John F. DEASY, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Denver Veterans Administration Medical Center (the "Denver VAMC") Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center (the Baltimore VAMC) and Perry Point Veterans Administration Medical Center (Perry Point VAMC), Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

October 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Cole (Robert S. Greenspan, with him on the briefs), Appellate Staff Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants.

Joseph J. Mellon, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before HENRY, LOGAN and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals from the district court's judgment in favor of plaintiff John F. Deasy, Jr. in his Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) suit for medical malpractice. Plaintiff asserted that psychiatrists at Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals committed malpractice when they provided him only psychiatric treatment and failed to refer him for medical treatment of severe edema. He further claimed that as a result of the malpractice he suffers...

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