Monroe Doss v. United States

Plaintiff brought this suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), 2671-80. On June 27, 1979, the district court awarded Doss $95,000 and allowed his counsel to take $17,000 out of the award as attorney’s fees, 476 F.Supj). 630. This court, in an unpublished opinion dated June 13, 1980, 8th Cir., 624 F.2d 1109, remanded the damages issue and directed the district court to separately specify the awards for lost earnings, pain and suffering, and physical injury.

The district court, set a date to hear additional evidence on the issue, but neither party presented evidence. On…