Latest "Feres Doctrine" stories

DoD denies claim for soldier who changed military malpractice law

The Pentagon denied a medical malpractice claim for the soldier whose name is attached to legislation that allows service members to file such claims.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

6 months ago

Retired U.S. Army Capt. Katie Blanchard speaks with a nurse before surgery Sept. 6, 2019 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

Feres helps military avoid accountability for harm. New ruling could be a chance for justice.

For decades, the Feres doctrine has protected the military from lawsuits over things like training mishaps, medical malpractice, and sexual assault.

By Sonner Kehrt, The War Horse

12 months ago

Troops could get payouts for medical malpractice aboard ships

The proposal builds on earlier reforms to how military malpractice cases are handled.

By Leo Shane III

12 months ago

Family of sailor who died by suicide in brig appeals Navy’s denial of medical negligence claim

Attorneys for the parents of Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Macoy Hicks, 20, contend the Navy failed to follow the letter and spirit of the law in its “arbitrary and capricious” denial.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

22 months ago

Navy denies malpractice claim filed by family of sailor who killed himself in military jail

A law change now allows troops and surviving families to file medical malpractice claims against the services, but how that process is adjudicated remains unclear.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

23 months ago

How a military jail failed to protect a suicidal sailor from himself

Macoy Hicks's death could be one of the first big tests of a new military medical malpractice claims process.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

24 months ago