Legal Opinion
Jules Wakefield v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 5, 1985No. 84-2313PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
The United States appeals from the damages award of the district court in this Federal Tort Claims Act suit brought by Jules Wakefield for injuries he suffered due to treatment he received at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Houston, Texas. The district court found that the physicians who treated Wakefield were negligent in failing to monitor the level of amikacin, an antibiotic, in Wakefield’s blood. Amikacin has ototoxic effects, and Wakefield suffered total loss of hearing as a result of toxic levels of the drug. The district court awarded Wakefield…
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