Federal Tort Claims

San Diego Tort Claim Attorney Case Examples

In one recent federal tort claim, our client was working at a federal facility when he was struck by a television which fell from a high shelf, causing serious injury to his neck and back.

In another federal tort claim our client was injured when she was rear-ended by an ambulance driven by an employee of a federal agency responsible for providing emergency medical services for local Indian reservations. Her accident required two lumbar fusion surgeries. In the second of these surgeries, she had an undiagnosed and untreated heart attack during the surgery which was not discovered for almost two days, during which time her heart tissue was undergoing progressively worse damage due to lack of oxygen.

In another federal tort claim, our San Diego tort claim attorney represented a patient at a federal military hospital whose mole which misdiagnosed as a malignant melanoma (skin cancer). As a result, a 6” x 3” x 1 ½ inch deep portion of her thigh was removed, resulting in an unnecessary and permanent disfigurement of her leg.