Daniel v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on May 20, 2019.
Issue
(1) Whether the Feres doctrine bars service members, or their estates, from bringing claims for medical malpractice under the Federal Tort Claims Act when the medical treatment did not involved any military exigencies, decisions or considerations, and when the service member was not engaged in military duty or a military mission at the time of the injury or death; and (2) whether Feres should be overruled for medical malpractice claims brought under the Federal Tort claims Act when the medical treatment did not involve any military exigencies, decisions or considerations, and when the service member was not engaged in military duty or a military mission at the time of the injury or death.
Recommended Citation: Daniel v. United States, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/daniel-v-united-states/