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Military Families Battle Feres Doctrine

Imagine your son is taken to a hospital where he is first treated for the wrong injury, then misdiagnosed and ultimately declared brain dead before you can even reach his side. Now imagine being told that you cannot hold accountable those responsible for your son's death because a 55-year-old law, called the Feres Doctrine, protects them.

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The Feres Doctrine prevents military service members and their families from suing the military, even for non-combat related deaths.

LeRoy Wulfmeier, the attorney for the Haase family, told People magazine "If he was civilian and he went into a non-military hospital, he would have one hell of a lawsuit."

NJ State Bar Foundation