Legal Opinion
Megan Han Lee, by Her Mother and Next Friend, Deborah Lynn Lee and Deborah Lynn Lee v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 17, 1997No. 97-5015PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
In April 1989, Megan Han Lee, a two-year-old child, was being cared for in the home of United States Army Sgt. Boyce Garner and his wife as part of an Army child-care program. One day while Ms. Gamer left the home to go shopping, Sgt. Gamer placed Megan in a bathtub filled with hot water. When Megan attempted to get out of the bathtub, Sgt. Garner struck her and held her in the water. Megan sustained serious bums as a result.
Sgt. Garner was convicted of criminal child abuse in connection with the incident. Megan and her mother, Deborah Lynn Lee, first sued the Garners in…
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