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· 6/19/1989

Josef T. Appelhans, Jr. v. United States

Citations

  • 877 F.2d 309
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 8702
  • 1989 WL 64501

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that “excess leave personnel,” such as the plaintiff, “can obtain free health care at military facilities”
  • finding Feres applicable to servicemember on excess leave pending discharge because “his injury occurred as a result of medical treatment by military doctors . . . conclusively demonstrat[ing] that that injury was ‘incident to service’”
  • “The fact that [plaintiffs] injury occurred as a result of medical treatment by military doctors ... conclusively demonstrates that that injury was ‘incident to service.’ ”
  • “The majority of decisions in this and other circuits, especially since Johnson, have held that medical treatment at military facilities is ‘incident to service.’ ”
  • Most courts “have held that medical treatment at military facilities is 'incident to service.’ ”
  • Most courts “have held that medical treatment at military facilities is ‘incident to service.’ ”

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Judges: Ervin, Winter, Wilkinson

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