Is Law, Itself, Allowing Medical Malpractice?

September 7th, 2008

A ruling passed by America’s Supreme Court said that the military personnel can not claim or sue for any injuries even if it was due to negligence. A ruling undertaken fifty years ago under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) prohibited military personnel for any military service injury happened on or off the job. This doctrine has been called unconstitutional by the present day judges as it makes judges to dismiss law suites forcibly. According to this Feres Doctrine, it was possible to claim for military medical malpractice by the dependence of military personnel. Thus a little security was still there for the families.

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