A San Antonio suit may come before the Supreme Court that challenges the legal protection of military medical facilities from liability.

A woman intends on taking her suit against the David Grant USAF Medical Center to the Supreme Court, following a dismissal from the 9th Circuit Federal Court in San Fransisco. According to the panel of judges, the precedent set by the Supreme Court that protects military hospitals from medical malpractice suits, a decision known as the Feres Doctrine, stands above the scrutiny of lower courts.

According to the suit, hospital employees failed to properly execute an appendectomy, as, following the procedure, the woman’s husband stopped breathing. Upon this, hospital workers attempted to intubate the patient, and botched that procedure as well. The lack of oxygen caused the serviceman to lose brain functions. His wife removed him from life support shortly afterward.

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