CAMPBELL v. U.S.

No. 89-2206.

904 F.2d 1188 (1990)

Aaron CAMPBELL, Administrator of the Estate of Raymond Campbell, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick M. Schoenfield, Ettinger & Schoenfield, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Ann L. Wallace, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before FLAUM and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and NOLAND, Senior District Judge.


NOLAND, Senior District Judge.

The plaintiff brought this medical malpractice suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), §§ 2671-2680. The plaintiff alleges that he was injured by the negligence of a surgeon employed by the defendant while undergoing an operation at the Veterans' Administration ("VA") hospital in Chicago. After a bench trial, the district court held that the plaintiff failed to meet his burden...

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