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Patient may sue gov’t for battery from surgery mishap 

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    • March 4, 2013

A plaintiff may bring a lawsuit against the United States alleging medical battery by a Navy doctor acting within the scope of his employment, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
The case involves a patient who signed a consent form to undergo cataract removal surgery at a naval hospital, but » […]

Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/03/04/patient-may-sue-govt-for-battery-from-surgery-mishap/

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