DeJesus v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs

FISHER, Circuit Judge.

This case comes to us on appeal from the District Court’s judgment in favor of Camille DeJesus (“Camille”) and Cheryl Faulk (“Faulk”), plaintiffs and appellees in this case. Following a bench trial, the District Court determined that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“the VA”) was liable on a theory of gross negligence for the shooting deaths of Camille’s and Faulk’s children by Camille’s husband, Alejandro DeJesus, Sr. (“DeJesus”), just eighteen hours after he was released from a residential housing facility located on the VA’s grounds. On appeal, the VA argues…