Government
Dec. 26, 2019
Law allowing med-mal claims against DoD is flawed: lawyers
Prompted by the plight of an Army Green Beret with lung cancer, President Donald Trump signed legislation that allows servicemembers to seek damages from the Department of Defense for medical malpractice occurring in government facilities.
Prompted by the plight of an Army Green Beret with lung cancer, President Donald Trump signed legislation that allows servicemembers to seek damages from the Department of Defense for medical malpractice occurring in government facilities.
The amendment received bipartisan approval but plaintiffs' lawyers say it does not fully address the injustice to servicemembers created by the 1950 U.S. Supreme Court case Feres v. United Sta...
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