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BROOKS v. U.S.

No. 85-3947.

837 F.2d 958 (1988)

Robert S. BROOKS, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Patricia Brooks, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES of America and Walter M. Pelzer, D.O., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maura T. Smith, Smith, Mackinnon & Mathews & Harris, Orlando, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

G.B. McVay Voght, J. Charles Ingram, Hannah, Marsee, Beik & Voght, Orlando, Fla., for Pelzer.

Walter Postula, Asst. U.S. Atty., Orlando, Fla., for U.S.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge, and ATKINS, Senior District Judge.

GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff sued the United States and Dr. Walter Pelzer, a private osteopathic physician, alleging wrongful death and medical malpractice. Plaintiff's wife, Patricia Brooks, a military dependent age 53, died at her home on May 8, 1983, of bilateral bronchial pneumonia. Brooks, individually and as personal representative of the estate of his wife, alleged that the care she received at the emergency room of the Navy Regional Medical Center...

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