LOW v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-1304.

795 F.2d 466 (1986)

Shelley LOW, in the Representative Capacity as Guardian of the Estate and Person of her Minor Son Brian Vernon Low and Brian Vernon Low, a Minor, by and through his mother as next friend and by and through his Guardian, Shelley Low, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark M. Greenberg, Asst. U.S. Atty., Helen M. Eversberg, U.S. Atty., El Paso, Tex., for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

Charles E. Anderson, Michael R. Milligan, El Paso, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before GEE and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges, and HARVEY, District Judge.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

The government appeals from a $3.5 million judgment for Shelley Low on behalf of her minor son Brian Low. Mrs. Low cross appeals, seeking additional damages. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

I. FACTS AND DISTRICT COURT PROCEEDINGS

This is a medical malpractice case brought by Mrs. Shelley Low on behalf of her minor son Brian Low and herself pursuant to the Federal Tort...

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