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Professional liability claims against military optometrists must be brought in federal court under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which establishes rules of procedure that are somewhat different from those found in malpractice claims against private sector optometrists. Despite these differences, cases litigated against military optometrists may potentially be used as precedents to be applied to cases involving private practitioners. Recent decisions of the federal courts have in fact set such precedents, in cases alleging misdiagnosis of ocular disease, failure to refer for medical treatment, and failure to warn of the significance of symptoms.
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