Legal Opinion
Muriel Kangley v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 29, 1986No. 85-3856PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIGGINS, Circuit Judge.
The United States (government) appeals from the district court’s award of $145,-855.60 to Muriel Kangley (Kangley) in her Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) action. The government assigns error to a number of the district court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law. Because we find one of the government’s claims dispositive of this appeal, we do not address its other claims.
I. FACTS
On January 6, 1982, Kangley went to Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC) near Tacoma, Washington, to talk to someone in the office of the Staff Judge Advocate about a patient in the hospital.…
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3Cited by15 opinions
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