Legal Opinion
Perez v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 16, 2001No. 99-6318PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment of the District Court is hereby AFFIRMED.
Raul and Mercedes Perez appeal from Judge Scheindlin’s adverse judgment in favor of the United States following a bench trial. Appellants contend that the district court committed clear error in finding that negligence committed by the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in New York (“VAMC”) during Raul Perez’s (“Perez”) prostate surgery was not the proximate cause of their injuries and that the district court ignored evidence that established…
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