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BROWN v. U.S.

No. 05-1673.

451 F.3d 411 (2006)

Janyce Elaine BROWN, Deceased; Asa Robert Graydon Brown, a minor child; Helen Elizabeth Brown, a minor child, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 23, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert P. Walsh, Law Office of Robert P. Walsh, Battle Creek, Michigan, for Appellant. Elizabeth Larin, Assistant United States Attorney, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Robert P. Walsh, Law Office of Robert P. Walsh, Battle Creek, Michigan, for Appellant. Elizabeth Larin, Assistant United States Attorney, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: SUHRHEINRICH, GILMAN, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

This Federal Tort Claims Act suit was brought by the family of a former U.S. Army serviceman, who himself is not a plaintiff. The former serviceman, Arvid Brown, caught a parasitic infection called Leishmaniasis while serving in the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Arvid transmitted the disease to his family after his discharge. A civilian doctor diagnosed Arvid with the disease after the family members had already been infected....

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