Major Victory for Veterans and Their Families: U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Veterans Can Sue for Doctors Not Obtaining the Veteran’s Informed Consent to Treatment
Medical battery is the intentional violation of a patient’s right to direct their own medical treatments. For several years, the law has been unclear as to whether veterans can sue the federal government when a military doctor treats them without their informed consent. Many federal courts held that the federal government had sovereign immunity from…
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