She was set on fire by a civilian hospital employee. Now this soldier is claiming damages against...

I have always thought that The Feres doctrine is BS. There is slot of incompetence in DOD that never gets addressed because of that rule.

She ought to get at least twice what she's asking for, if the world was sane.

Even though her claim will go nowhere, she has to have the government deny it so that she can go forward and process this senseless act. She has personally suffered and her superiors have not been held accountable for their non-actions. That is the crux of her argument.