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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1987.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Judge-made law. Actions and defenses. Health facilities. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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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.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.