Legal Opinion
Welch v. United States
District Court, D. Maine
Decided September 14, 2010No. CV-09-20-B-WPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED 1 MEMORANDUM DECISION
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.
In an action tried before the Court under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), the Court concludes that the Estate of Kenneth L. Breton (the Estate) failed to demonstrate that the Togus Veterans Administration Medical Center (Togus) committed medical malpractice under Maine law. The Court grants judgment in favor of the United States of America.
I. STATEMENT OF FACTS
A. Kenneth Breton, Cancer, the Colostomy, and the Resection
In September, 2006, Kenneth Breton, a fifty-four year old Vietnam veteran, learned that he had cancer. After…
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