July 28, 2025
A Seattle federal judge appeared unconvinced on Monday that a U.S. Navy veteran had proven substandard psychiatric care caused a psychotic episode that led to her stabbing her mother, suggesting key allegations aren't backed by testimony as a bench trial wrapped in her case targeting a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs doctor.
June 25, 2025
The U.S. government is urging a Washington federal court to give it a win following a bench trial on a suit brought by a Navy veteran and former Department of Veterans Affairs nurse alleging that malpractice by her VA psychiatrist led to an episode in which she stabbed her mother with a knife.
June 09, 2025
A Washington federal judge narrowed the scope of a Navy veteran's medical malpractice case against the federal government on Monday, chiding her counsel for trying to change a years-old expert opinion on the eve of a long-awaited bench trial and "wasting" time on unnecessary questioning.
September 29, 2021
The Ninth Circuit has revived a medical malpractice suit launched by a veteran over treatment received at a Seattle VA hospital, finding that the lower court misapplied the Federal Employees' Compensation Act to her allegations of bullying when dismissing her federal tort malpractice claims.