Legal Opinion
Cynthia Hall Urbach, George I. Urbach, Jr., Veronica Shadrock and the Estate of George I. Urbach, Sr., Deceased v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1989No. 87-1581PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
The family of a mental patient who was killed while on furlough from a Veteran’s Administration (VA) hospital sued the United States government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq. (FTCA). The claim was for medical malpractice. They now appeal the take nothing judgment of the district court. We affirm the judgment.
Prior Proceedings
George Urbach, Sr. was involuntarily committed to a Veterans’ Administration hospital in Waco, Texas, in December 1963 and diagnosed as a manic depressive. During his institutionalization, Urbach was…
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