Andrulonis v. United States

GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:

Jerome Andrulonis contracted the disease of rabies while conducting a laboratory experiment with a rabies viral strain. He became tragically ill and eventually suffered serious and permanent brain damage, leaving him with the mental capacity of a four-year-old. He also suffered marked personality and behavioral changes as a result of dementia secondary to rabies encephalitis. Andrulonis’s mental incapacity and emotional instability are permanent. The experiment, which was conducted under the supervision of Dr. John G. Debbie, a scientist employed by the New York…