LOPEZ v. U.S.

No. 15-1169.

823 F.3d 970 (2016)

Leonard E. LOPEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin I. Sachs ( Jim Leventhal with him on the briefs), of Leventhal & Puga, P.C., Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert Mark Russel , Assistant United States Attorney ( John F. Walsh , United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BRISCOE, McKAY and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiff Leonard Lopez appeals following a bench trial on his medical negligence claims. Lopez underwent lower back surgery at the Veterans Administration Medical Center of Denver, Colorado (VA Hospital), in order to alleviate longstanding sciatic pain. Immediately following surgery...

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