Topic: Francisco Castaneda

Some federal doctors immune from liability

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision has stirred questions over just how far legal immunities for certain government doctors should extend.. The 35-year-old Salvadoran was examined by Dr. Hui and a physician assistant under her supervision, and both determined that a ...
<div id="subtitle">Supreme Court says federal medical officials cannot be sued for immigrant death</div><div><p>The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the family of a now-deceased immigrant who was denied medical care for cancer while in custody cannot sue ...
Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant Tuesday to allow the family of an illegal immigrant to sue government doctors personally for claims of shockingly poor medical care.The federal government has admitted negligence in doctors' poor treatment of Francisco Castaneda, 36, a native ...