Legal Opinion
Duplan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1999No. 97-6344, 97-6348PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns a wrongful birth, medical malpractice action brought by Michael and Roseanne Duplan under the Federal Tort Claims Act for treatment provided to Mrs. Duplan at an Air Force clinic. The district court, after a bench trial, found in favor of the Duplans and awarded them more than $3 million in damages. The United States appeals the district court’s determinations that (1) Dr. Clio Harper, the contract doctor who treated Mrs. Duplan, was a governmental employee and (2) the court was without power to impose a trust for the benefit of the Duplans’ child,…
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