Sherman Simon, Jr., Individually and as Next Friend of His Minor Children, Peter Darnell Simon and Keenan Simon, Etc. v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1990-01-16

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E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge: A judgment for $1,061,656.01 was entered against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act in a suit for medical malpractice brought by the family of a patient who died after surgery at an Army hospital in Louisiana. The United States filed a motion to alter or amend the judgment, claiming that the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act, whi…

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