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.
Traumatic Brain Injury Trial Witnesses Are Vital
January 22, 2013
In most brain injury cases the survivor looks and acts normal, or at least is perceived this way by the jury in the courtroom. Since this can often be an “invisible injury” there is a need for “before and after” witnesses. These witnesses who have known the survivor