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CONNELL v. COPELAND

Civil Action No. 09-1159 (JDB).

706 F.Supp.2d 141 (2010)

Adele O. CONNELL, Plaintiff, v. Annesley W. COPELAND, M.D., and United States of America, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 20, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean Elliot Swartz, Swartz & Reed, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Kathryn Ann Donnelly, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.

Adele Connell, a Colonel in the United States Army, alleges that Dr. Annesley Copeland committed medical malpractice while performing surgery on her. The United States seeks to substitute itself for Dr. Copeland, asserting that because Dr. Copeland was a federal employee during the alleged incident, Connell's exclusive remedy under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et...

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