Legal Opinion
Dina Robles Bush v. Thoratec Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 17, 2015No. 14-30896PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
For the reasons explained below, we AFFIRM the district court’s order denying the United States of America’s (the “Government’s”) motion for summary judgment, its order denying the Government’s motion for judgment on partial findings, and its amended judgment.
Facts and Proceedings
The decedent, Pete Bush (“Pete”), suffered from serious heart issues. By the fall of 2008, he “had only days or weeks to live,” and to save his life, doctors at the McGuire VA Medical Center (“McGuire”) in Richmond, Virginia, surgically implanted a HeartMate II Left Ventricular…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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