Posts Tagged ‘active duty malpractice’
Sgt. 1st Class Richard Stayskal Discusses Pioneering Military Medical Malpractice Law for Active-Duty Members
A Solider with Cancer Gets His Day in Court Sgt. 1st Class Richard Stayskal, a 38-year-old Green Beret was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer by a civilian pulmonologist after doctors at Fort Bragg base hospital missed chances to diagnose the cancer before it had spread. According to NPR, Stayskal said that he got angry when an…
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A Military Medical Malpractice Provision of the National Defense Authorization Act Allows Active Duty Members to Now File Malpractice Claims. The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act contains a military medical malpractice provision that grants active duty military members the same right that retired military members, military dependents, and civilians have enjoyed for decades- the right…
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