Polikoff
Polikoff v. United States
Opinion
Opinion
Copple, J.
I.FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
I. FINDINGS OF FACT
1. Plaintiff, Dorothy Polikoff, is the wife of William Polikoff, deceased.
2. Mr. Polikoff and Mrs. Polikoff, as veterans, were entitled to medical care from the Veterans Administration.
3. Mr. Polikoff had a history of coronary artery disease dating back to 1963.
4. Mr. Polikoff was an inpatient at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) between January 9 and January 21, 1984.
5. Dr. William Moores was employed by UCSD as a staff surgeon on the surgical service and as an associate clinical professor of surgery.
6. Dr. Moores was also employed as the Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, a part of the surgical service, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center at San Diego (VAMC).
7. Prior to Mr. Polikoff’s admission to the surgical service at the UCSD, Dr. Moores had never treated Mr. Polikoff or consulted on his case at either the VAMC or UCSD.
8. Dr. Moores performed cardiac bypass surgery on William Polikoff at the UCSD on January 13, 1984.
9. None of the actions undertaken by Dr. Moores at the UCSD with respect to Mr. Polikoff were within the scope of his employment as a physician with the VAMC;…