District Court, D. Puerto Rico September 20, 1995, Civ. 92-1185(JP) (Lazarini v. United States)

OPINION AND ORDER

PIERAS, District Judge.

This is an action brought under the Federal Torts Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671,

et seq.

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Plaintiff, Sigfrido Torres Lazarini, is a veteran who has received medical attention from the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, (“Hospital”) for injuries to his left hand on different occasions during the past forty years, and has