Federal Tort Claims Act Proposed Medical Malpractice Exception to the Feres Doctrine

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Actions and defenses.

Health facilities.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1987

Summary:

Looks at two proposals in the 100th Congress to create a medical malpractice exception to the "Feres Doctrine," the holding by the Supreme Court that the Federal Tort Claims Act provisions permitting tort actions against the U.S. do not apply to service-connected injury claims of military personnel

Notes:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Federal Tort Claims Act

Publisher Number:

CRS-1987-AML-0055

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