KEARNS v. UNITED STATES

No. 20-2346.

23 F.4th 807 (2022)

Patrick M. KEARNS; Jeffery Dettbarn, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 18, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn Johnson , MCKEE & VOORHEES, Des Moines, IA, for Plaintiffs Appellants.

Kyle J. Essley , David Locksley D. Faith, II , William C. Purdy , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Des Moines, IA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before LOKEN, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiffs Patrick M. Kearns and Jeffrey Dettbarn sued for various torts in Iowa state court against Dr. David Rideout, a radiologist at the Veterans Health Administration's Medical Center in Iowa City, Iowa. The United States of America removed the case to federal court under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §...

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