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FOOTE v. UNITED STATES

No. 85 C 7159.

648 F.Supp. 735 (1986)

Abraham FOOTE, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, Third Party Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

October 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Nusbaum, Levin, Sorkin & Nusbaum, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Michael O'Connell, Asst. U.S. Atty.'s Office, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., for defendant/third party plaintiff.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

Abraham Foote brought this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) (1982), against the United States of America ("the government") for injuries allegedly incurred as a result of the failure of medical personnel at a government hospital to diagnose and properly treat a ruptured quadriceps mechanism which Foote had suffered. The government then filed a third-party complaint under...

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