The U.S. Department of Defense will soon begin paying medical malpractice claims under a law inspired by the travails of a Pinehurst Green Beret.
Named after Sgt. 1st Class Richard “Rich” Stayskal, the law allows service members to file administrative claims for medical malpractice in all branches of the armed forces. Military personnel were previously barred from taking such action by the Feres Doctrine, an obscure rule stemming from a 1950 Supreme Court decision.
Army SFC Richard Stayskal is hoping to change the Supreme Court precedent, which prohibits active duty service-members from suing for malpractice or negligence.
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department released guidelines Thursday
While battling terminal stage 4 cancer — which he said stemmed from military doctors failing to tell him about a tumor in his lung — he has also been working with lawmakers to ensure that his family and other members of the military get the compensation they deserve for alleged medical malpractice.
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