Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit November 13, 2000, 99-3340 (Robert E. Donais v. United States)

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

In June 1996, Robert E. Donáis sued the United States pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680, alleging that a third-year resident at the Edward Hines Veterans Administration Hospital (the “VA”) in Hines, Illinois, committed medical malpractice in treating Do-náis for cataracts by negligently fitting and implanting an intra-ocular lens