.... Printer-Friendly Version FIGHTING THE FERES DOCTRINE: SEEKING RECOURSE FOR MILITARY MEDICAL ... incidents spurs fresh efforts to overturn the Feres doctrine, a 1950 Supreme Court decision ...v=ptupugojlz8 For more about the Feres Doctrine, use the VA Watchdog search .../sessearch.php?q=feres&op=and Story here. ... incidents spurs fresh efforts to overturn the Feres doctrine, a 1950 Supreme Court decision ... upheld the original decision, known as Feres vs. United States, denying members ...," Smith said. The 1950 Feres decision encompassed three separate cases. One involved a soldier named Rudolph J. Feres who died in a fire caused by... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfAPR08/nf042108-3.htm
2. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 08-10-2007 #5 -- FERES DOCTRINE: A CASE THAT WON'T GO AWAY -- Lt. Rudolph FERES died in a barracks fire. His widow sued the government. She lost, 9-0, in the Supreme Court. Now, nearly 60 years later, the case may be coming back to life.nf081007-5.htm
...10-2007 #5 -- FERES DOCTRINE: A CASE THAT WON' ... GO AWAY -- Lt. Rudolph Feres died in a barracks fire. His ... page: Javascript Bookmark Printer Friendly Page FERES DOCTRINE: A CASE THAT WON' ... GO AWAY -- Lt. Rudolph Feres died in a barracks fire. His ... to life. For more on the Feres Doctrine, use the VA Watchdog search ...ses search.php?q=feres&op=and Story here. ... plaintiffs denied a hearing because of the Feres rule. Rudolph Feres himself had two fellow petitioners in the... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAUG07/nf081007-5.htm
... Printer-Friendly Version FEDERAL JUDGE CALLS FERES DOCTRINE "UNFAIR AND IRRATIONAL" - ...3.htm For more about the Feres Doctrine, use the VA Watchdog search .../ sessearch.php?q=feres&op=and Latest s tory ...Now is the time to revisit the Feres Doctrine. Otherwise Feres will once again have led to a ... decision that has become known as the Feres Doctrine, the court concluded that active ... concluded that he had no choice under Feres and subsequent cases but to dismiss the ... the copyright owner. FEDERAL JUDGE CALLS FERES DOCTRINE "UNFAIR AND IRRATIONAL"-... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nffeb09/nf021509-2.htm
...: DEAD MARINE'S SISTER TESTIFIES AGAINST FERES DOCTRINE -- The nearly 60-year ... this family's fight to reverse the Feres Doctrine is here... http: ...-10.htm For more about the Feres Doctrine, use the VA Watchdog search engine ...org/sessearch.php?q=feres&op=and Story here.. ... suits falls under what is known as the Feres Doctrine, the result of the U. ... the chairwoman of a nonprofit formed to overturn Feres, wrote in a statement to the panel ...:DEAD MARINE'S SISTER TESTIFIES AGAINST FERES DOCTRINE --The nearly 60-year... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfmar09/nf032609-1.htm
...' News VA Press Releases Download your free copy of the 2008 VA benefits handbook here... Printer-Friendly Version VIDEO: FAMILY OF DEAD MARINE CHALLENGES FERES DOCTRINE -- From the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Your comments accepted at bottom of page. Share story ...-------------- The previous CBS report about this Marine's family and their fight to change the Feres Doctrine is here (with backlinks to original CBS news story)... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfmar09/nf032509-10.htm
...' News VA Press Releases Download your free copy of the 2007 VA benefits handbook here... Printer-Friendly Version VIDEO: BILL WOULD DO AWAY WITH FERES DOCTRINE FOR MILITARY AND ALLOW THEM TO SUE FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE -- From CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, Monday, May 19, 2008. - ... from the copyright owner. VA Watchdog dot Org -VA NEWS FLASH -05-20-2008 #3 --VIDEO:BILL WOULD DO AWAY WITH FERES DOCTRINE FOR MILITARY AND ALLOW THEM TO SUE FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE --From CBS Evening News with Katie Couric,Monday,May 19,2008. VA... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfMAY08/nf052008-3.htm
... Press Releases VSO Press Releases Download your free copy of the 2007 VA benefits handbook here... Printer-Friendly Version VIDEO: MILITARY MEDICAL MISTREATMENT AND THE FERES DOCTRINE -- From CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, Thursday, January 31, 2008. ----------- ... from the copyright owner. VA Watchdog dot Org -VA NEWS FLASH -02-01-2008 #9 --VIDEO:MILITARY MEDICAL MISTREATMENT AND THE FERES DOCTRINE --From CBS Evening News with Katie Couric,Thursday,January 31,2008. VA,Veteran,Veterans,Disability,Injury,Compensation... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfFEB08/nf020108-9.htm
8. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 04-13-2007 #8 -- WHAT OUR SOLDIERS REALLY NEED: LAWYERS -- Opinion from Jonathan Turley in USA Today.nf041307-8.htm
... a series of cases that became known collectively as the Feres Doctrine. It was named after Army Lt. Rudolph Feres, who died in a fire allegedly caused by an ... to service." Thus, in one of the Feres cases, a soldier was barred from suing after ... Army." Little deterrence As a result of the Feres Doctrine, there is little deterrence for military negligence ... nerves the cause of chronic respiratory and digestive problems. Feres extends beyond medical malpractice. It bars lawsuits in ... soldier is raped at a concert, the military invokes Feres and walks away immune from its own negligence.... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAPR07/nf041307-8.htm
...-09) From the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, Wednesday, March 25, 2009. VIDEO: GENERAL WHO LOST SON TO SUICIDE HELPS SOLDIERS (03-26-09) Army Maj. Gen. Mark Graham on CNN, Wednesday, March 25, 2009. VIDEO: FAMILY OF DEAD MARINE CHALLENGES FERES DOCTRINE (03-25-09) From the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, Tuesday, March 24, 2009. VIDEO: VA IDENTIFIES TWO DIFFERENT PROBLEMS WITH UNSANITARY COLONOSCOPY EQUIPMENT (03-25-08) From CNN News, Tuesday, March 24, 2009. VIDEO: VETERANS AT RISK FOR... http://www.vawatchdog.org/podcast.htm
10. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 06-29-2007 #3 -- VETERAN'S COURT VICTORY OFFERS HOPE TO FAMILIES EXPOSED TO DISEASE -- U.S. District Court Judge denied the Government's Motion which claimed that the Government owed no duty to the family of a Veteran. Concluded that VA doctors do owe family members a duty to warn of risk when patients have symptoms of a disease that is well-known to be contagious.nf062907-3.htm
.... District Judge John Corbett O'Meara's decision was based on the Feres doctrine, after the soldier involved in a precedent-setting 1950 U.S. Supreme Court decision. Army Lt. Rudolph J. Feres died in a 1947 fire caused by a defective heater in a military barracks at ... Camp, N.Y. The court ruled his widow could not sue because Feres was on active duty. Late last month, the U.S. ... but says his wife and five children also constantly suffer from flulike symptoms. The Feres doctrine "safeguards the government, but what safeguard do we have?"... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfJUN07/nf062907-3.htm
