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MURREY v. U.S.

No. 95-1523.

73 F.3d 1448 (1996)

Loretta MURREY, as Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas D. Murrey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Sneckenberg (argued), Sneckenberg & Associates Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Linda A. Wawzenski (argued), Office of The United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, Thomas P. Walsh, Office of the United States Attorney, Civil Division, Chicago, IL, for the U.S.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and KANNE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Thomas Murrey died of massive internal bleeding the day after his prostate gland was removed in an operation in a Veterans Administration hospital in North Chicago. His estate brought suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act. After a bench trial, the district judge rendered judgment for the United States. The appeal presents a number of issues, which a simple narrative of the events culminating in Murrey's death can best organize.

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