A recent AAJ article reports that a petition is pending requesting that the Supreme Court allow active duty military personnel to sue the government. Petty Officer Nathan Hafterson died on March 26, 2006, at Naval Hospital Jacksonville after being admitted for trouble breathing. His attorneys state that it would put military members on the same footing as civilians under the Federal Tort Claims Act. This malpractice action was denied by the lower courts because a federal law (known as the Feres doctrine) prohibits active military members from suing the US government.
Drunk driving a continuing problem
January 31, 2011
As an attorney in Western New York and the Buffalo region I am concerned when I continue to see drunk driving arrest made on almost a daily basis. Recent Buffalo News articles have documented several arrest, sometimes two or three per day in recent weeks. People who are