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 — A Green Beret, who has dedicated his life to serving his country in war-zones around…
Suffering from late-stage lung cancer, U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Richard Stayskal worried the military doctors, who he says misdiagnosed him, would never be held accountable. The Green Beret didn’t really want to sue, but top brass at Womack Army…
Advocates this week praised a new bipartisan bill to allow troops to sue the military in medical malpractice cases, but a key senator is still blocking any effort to overhaul the legal precedent, dimming chances for any major change this…
On Tuesday Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) introduced bipartisan legislation that would allow service members to sue the government for military medical malpractice. The SFC Richard Stayskal Military Medical Accountability Act of 2019, a companion bill to…