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HOSKIE v. UNITED STATES

No. 79-1680.

666 F.2d 1353 (1981)

Jimmy HOSKIE, individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Pauline Hoskie, deceased, and as father and next friend of Tilman Hoskie, a minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura M. Goldsmith, Gallup, N. M. (William A. Goldsmith, Gallup, N. M., with her on briefs), for plaintiff-appellant.

R. E. Thompson, U. S. Atty., D. N. M., Albuquerque, N. M., for defendant-appellee.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and HOLLOWAY and McKAY, Circuit Judges.

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

In this case, appellants Tilman Hoskie, a minor, and his parents, Pauline and Jimmy Hoskie, argue that they were awarded insufficient damages in their medical malpractice suit against the United States brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671-2680 (1976). This case arises from very serious malpractice by government employees in their treatment of Tilman Hoskie at the Gallup Indian Medical Center in Gallup, New Mexico,...

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