Legal Opinion
Dempsey ex rel. Dempsey v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 8, 1994No. 92-2042PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
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On February 27, 1988, Pansy Dempsey, wife of Lonney Dempsey, Sr., a retired en*1492listee in the United States Air Force, gave birth to a baby girl at Eglin Air Force Base Hospital.1 The child, Loren, was born with extreme breathing difficulties that, in conjunction with her doctors’ negligent attempts at resuscitation, resulted in Loren’s becoming severely retarded. On February 9,1989, Lonney and Pansy Dempsey brought this Federal Tort Claims Act suit against the United States of America in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. They claimed damages on behalf of…
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- Self v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Robert William Strickland v. Robert Francis, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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