WATSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 05-6262.

485 F.3d 1100 (2007)

Katherine Dorothea WATSON, as guardian for Kortney LaMon Lewis, an incapacitated person, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on the briefs:*

R. Thomas Seymour, C. Robert Burton, Scott A. Graham, Seymour Law Firm, Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John C. Richter, United States Attorney, Robert A Bradford, Assistant United States Attorney, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, BALDOCK, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.


GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

Katherine Dorothea Watson, on behalf of Kortney LaMon Lewis, an incapacitated former federal prisoner, sued under the Federal Tort Claims Act, alleging that the government responded negligently to Mr. Lewis's medical condition and, as a result of its negligence, Mr. Lewis suffered a brain hemorrhage that left him severely and permanently disabled. After a three-day bench trial, the district court found the government not liable. In this appeal...

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