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BELL v. U.S.

No. 86-2169.

854 F.2d 881 (1988)

L.C. BELL, personal representative of the estate of Lonnie C. Bell, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Konkel (argued), Konkel & Dimanin, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael Hluchaniuk (argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., Bay City, Mich., for defendant-appellee.

Before MARTIN, GUY, and BOGGS, Circuit Judges.

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

The personal representative of Lonnie Bell's estate sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680. The plaintiff claimed that Bell's death was caused by the failure of physicians at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, where Bell was hospitalized, to diagnose timely Bell's abdominal aortic aneurysm. After a bench trial, the district court found the plaintiff had established that the...

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