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· 8/29/1973

Leslie E. Portis, an Infant, Who Sues by Her Father and Next Friend, James R. Portis v. United States

Citations

  • 483 F.2d 670
  • 1973 U.S. App. LEXIS 8132

How courts have described this case

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  • neomycin improperly administered in 1963, causing deafness, not recognized as the culprit until 1969
  • action by civilian child under the FTCA for hearing loss as a result of medical malpractice by Air Force hospital not Feres- barred
  • negligent refusal to admit serviceman's child to military hospital

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Judges: Winter, Craven, Field

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