{"id":919,"date":"2018-01-16T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T16:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/?p=919"},"modified":"2018-01-15T07:05:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T13:05:32","slug":"u-s-court-appeals-affirms-summary-judgment-united-states-medical-malpractice-lawsuit-federal-tort-claims-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/u-s-court-appeals-affirms-summary-judgment-united-states-medical-malpractice-lawsuit-federal-tort-claims-act\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Judgment for United States in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Under the Federal Tort Claims Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Lipsey filed a lawsuit on behalf of his minor daughter, J.L., for injuries suffered by her at birth. The United States federal district court judge granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants who were sued for medical negligence under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On June 8, 2009, a criminal complaint was filed against Wenona White in federal court alleging charges of federal bank fraud. White was pregnant at the time with her tenth child. Lipsey was the father. White was scheduled to self-surrender to the U.S. Marshal on July 6, 2009, but she failed to appear in court and was not located until Sept. 10, 2009 when she was taken into custody. <\/p>\n

Because White was 35 weeks pregnant by the time she was apprehended, the U.S. Marshals Service<\/a> faced the challenge of finding a detention facility that was able to meet White\u2019s late-pregnancy healthcare needs. The Marshals Service arranged for White to be housed at the Jerome Combs Detention Center (JCDC)<\/a>, a Kankakee County<\/a>, Ill., facility that has an intergovernmental agreement with the Marshals Service. The JCDC had a full-time medical staff and a relationship with an obstetrics practice to handle the obstetric needs of its prison population.
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John Lipsey filed a lawsuit on behalf of his minor daughter, J.L., for injuries suffered by her at birth. The United States federal district court judge granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants who were sued for medical negligence under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). 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