TRUEMAN v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 8514.

180 F.Supp. 172 (1960)

Kenneth TRUEMAN, Administrator of the Estate of Karen Trueman, a Minor, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

January 25, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gemeinhardt, Johannesen, Roberts & LaCour, Walter F. Gemeinhardt, Sternfels & Raphael, Roland J. Sternfels, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Lloyd C. Melancon, New Orleans, Asst. U. S. Atty., for defendant.


J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

Little Karen Trueman, age 6, was a patient at the United States Army Hospital, Fort Eustis, Virginia. While receiving an intravenous injection of 70 percent Urokon1 solution in the dorsum of the right hand for diagnostic purposes, approximately 2 cubic centimeters of the dye infiltrated into the subcutaneous tissue, resulting in contraction of the extensor tendons of the second, third, fourth and fifth...

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