Legal Opinion
Martin Lozada, Sr., as Father and Next Friend, for and on Behalf of Martin Lozada, Jr., a Minor v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 9, 1992No. 91-2409PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Martin Lozada, Sr., filed this action against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680, seeking damages for the injuries sustained by his son during the child’s birth at the Ehrling Berquist Regional Air Force hospital in Bellevue, Nebraska. The government admitted that the physicians were negligent but disputed the issue of damages. After a nonjury trial, the district court found that Lozada’s damages totalled $1,292,738. The district court, however, reduced the judgment against the United States to $1,000,000, by concluding…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Eugene Owen and Dora Owen, Individually and as Next Friend for Alicia Marie Owen, a Minor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Starns v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
- Nancy Bernie v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Lozada v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1991
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Thomas Carter and Colleen Carter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
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