JACK D. TIRRILL, APPELLANT,
v.
JOSEPH J. MCNAMARA, APPELLEE

9th Cir. | 1971-12-03
No. 71-1024
451 F.2d 579 United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1971) Caution
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM:

PER CURIAM:

The District Court dismissed Tirrill’s complaint, seeking recovery for alleged medical malpractice, and this appeal followed. We affirm.

Our court has consistently held that an army physician is immunized from tort liability to a fellow soldier when the alleged act of malpractice occurred in a military hospital and was committed by the physician in the line of his military duty. E. g., Bailey v. Van Buskirk, 345 F. 2d 298 (9th Cir. 1965), cert. denied, 383 U.S. 948, 86 S.Ct. 1205, 16 L.Ed.2d 210 (1966). See also Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 71 S.Ct. 153, 95 L. Ed. 152 (1950); Mattos v. United States, 412 F. 2d 793 (9th Cir. 1969); Bailey v. DeQuevedo, 375 F. 2d 72 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 923, 88 S. Ct. 247, 19 L.Ed.2d 274 (1967).

Affirmed.


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