Legal Opinion
Linda Wheeler Tarpeh-Doe, Individually and as Mother and Next Friend of Nyenpan Tarpeh-Doe, II v. United States of America
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 5, 1994No. 92-5198PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.
Dissenting opinion filed by Chief Judge MIKVA.
KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit .Judge:
Linda Wheeler Tarpeh-Doe (Linda) and Marilyn Wheeler, Linda’s mother and the legal guardian of Linda’s son, Nyenpan Tar-peh-Doe (Nyenpan), filed this action seeking damages against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) and §§ 2671 et seq., for the alleged negligent failure of Department of State personnel to supervise a staff doctor whose negligence allegedly caused Nyenpan irreversible neurological injury.…
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