Nellie F. Welsh, Administratrix of the Estate of Francis John Welsh, Deceased, and Nellie Welsh, Individually v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1988-06-07

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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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