5th Circ. Bars Dead Veteran's VA Surgery Suit As Untimely

By Mark Payne · April 22, 2026, 6:30 PM EDT

The estate of a dead veteran who filed a medical malpractice lawsuit 18 years after an unauthorized operation at a Veterans Affairs hospital didn't bring the suit within Mississippi's seven-year deadline...

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Case Information

Case Title

Battieste v. USA

Case Number

25-60111

Court

Appellate - 5th Circuit

Nature of Suit

2362 Personal Injury-Medical Malpractice

Date Filed

March 11, 2025