Debbie Baldwin v. US
Case Number:
23-1864
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June 27, 2024
4th Circ. Won't Revive Navy Hospital Gangrene Suit
The Fourth Circuit declined to revive a North Carolina woman's lawsuit over a U.S. Navy hospital allegedly misdiagnosing her kidney failure and causing her to contract gangrene and require multiple amputations, standing by a lower court's ruling that her suit was filed too late under a state-level statute.
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October 30, 2023
Feds Say FTCA Doesn't Block NC Med Mal Statute Of Repose
The U.S. government urged the Fourth Circuit not to revive a woman's lawsuit alleging she contracted gangrene after a naval hospital misdiagnosed her kidney failure, arguing the Federal Tort Claims Act doesn't let her get around state law time limits on filing the suit.
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September 28, 2023
Federal Law Stops NC's Med Mal Time Bar, 4th Circ. Told
A patient of a Navy hospital asked the Fourth Circuit to revive her lawsuit alleging a misdiagnosis led to amputations, arguing that a slow federal administrative claims process shouldn't be able to run out the clock on her ability to file a complaint.