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9th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Soldier s Anthrax Vaccine Injury Suit
Law360 (December 21, 2020, 11:30 PM EST) The Ninth Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of a U.S. Army member s suit accusing a military hospital of injuring her when it administered an anthrax vaccine, saying U.S. Supreme Court precedent bars active-duty military from suing the federal government over service-related injuries.
A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel on Friday upheld the dismissal of a suit seeking to hold the federal government liable for injuries suffered by U.S. Army service member Emel Bosh, who said that she experienced side effects after she was vaccinated against her will at Madigan Army Medical Center on Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.
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Spec. Donovan Havard gets tested with an oral swab by medic Spec. James Reynolds at the Centralized Screening and Testing Center at Evans Army Community Hospital on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Other medics wait for their next soldier to test. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, Gazette) About 4000 soldiers from the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, are being tested for COVID-19. The soldiers are being tested before they are deployed next month the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California.
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By ABBIE SHULL | The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) | Published: December 22, 2020 TACOMA, Wash. (Tribune News Service) A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier is facing multiple charges, including vehicular homicide, after his vehicle hit and killed two women at a car meetup, according to the King County Prosecutor s office. On Nov. 27, Pfc. Rondale Hendricks, 19, attended the meetup around midnight in north Auburn near state Route 167, according to the Auburn Police Department. The vehicle Hendricks was driving was drifting when it hit three women on foot, according to Auburn police. Drifting is a technique where the driver of the car intentionally oversteers, with a loss of traction, while theoretically maintaining control of the vehicle through a complete turn.