MacDonald v. United States

AWARD OF DAMAGES

OWENS, District Judge.

On April 13, 1994, in this Federal Tort Claims civil action the court in its published decision, 853 F.Supp. 1430, found the negligence of defendant United States to have been the proximate cause of the injury and damage sustained by plaintiff Mrs. Debra McDonald, concluding in its order “that defendant United States did not breach its duty of care in failing to diagnose plaintiff Debra MacDonald’s hypothyroidism. However, the court holds that defendant’s failure to diagnose plaintiff’s hypercholesterolemia and heart disease, the failure of supervising…