BABCOCK v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA TERRE HAUTE DIVISION EUGENE RAY BABCOCK, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 2:17-cv-00033-JPH-MJD ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendant. ) POST-TRIAL FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER Ray Babcock has sued the United States for negligence in violation of the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA"). Mr. Babcock alleges that, while in federal custody with the United States Bureau of Prisons ("BOP") a few months after a hip replacement surgery, he fell twice in the shower and did not receive adequate medical care, causing him…