MERRITT, Circuit Judge. In this medical malpractice action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act for wrongful death arising from surgery in a Veterans Administration hospital, the District Court after a bench trial awarded plaintiff-appellee $606,203.95 in damages against the United States. Plaintiff’s decedent died from an E. Coli infection of the brain (meningitis) after a prolonged period of decline that followed tw…
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