Dawson v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER CONTAINING THE COURT’S FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND GRANTING JUDGMENT TO PLAINTIFF

IRENE M. KEELEY, District Judge.

Pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq. (the “FTCA”), the Court held a bench trial on July 2-3, 2013, to determine whether the plaintiff, Linda Lou Dawson (“Dawson”), could establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant, the United States of America (the “United States” or the “government”), through the negligence of its employees at the Lewis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West…