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SEXTON v. U.S.

No. 86-5677.

832 F.2d 629 (1987)

Mary Sue SEXTON, et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur H. Bryant, with whom Robert M. Hausman, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Evelyn D. Sahr, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty. and Ralph H. Johnson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before RUTH BADER GINSBURG and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and AUBREY E. ROBINSON, Chief Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Mary Sue and Talmon Sexton have suffered as severe a loss as a parent can. Their son Dwayne died of leukemia at the age of six, after a three-year struggle against the disease. They and their son's estate have brought suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq. (1982), claiming medical malpractice by...

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