Legal Opinion
Hoskie v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 22, 1981No. 79-1680PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
In this case, appellants Tilman Hoskie, a minor, and his parents, Pauline and Jimmy Hoskie, argue that they were awarded insufficient damages in their medical, malpractice suit against the United States brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671-2680 (1976). This case arises from very serious malpractice by government employees in their treatment of Tilman Hoskie at the Gallup Indian Medical Center in Gallup, New Mexico, on August 17, 1977. When he was two-and-one-half years old, Tilman Hoskie entered the medical facility for a routine bronchoscopy to…
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