Legal Opinion
Berg v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 5, 1986No. 85-1969PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado awarding $258,267 in damages to the plaintiff in this medical malpractice suit. The government claims that the court erred in finding that it was liable for the injuries suffered by the plaintiff, in granting summary judgment for the third-party defendants, and in holding that the collateral source doctrine applies to Medicare payments. We affirm the decision of the district court.
Phillip E. Berg, a 73-year-old retired colonel in the United States Army, was admitted…
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