Aaron Campbell, Administrator of the Estate of Raymond Campbell, Deceased v. United States

NOLAND, Senior District Judge.

The plaintiff brought this medical malpractice suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), §§ 2671-2680. The plaintiff alleges that he was injured by the negligence of a surgeon employed by the defendant while undergoing an operation at the Veterans’ Administration (“VA”) hospital in Chicago. After a bench trial, the district court held that the plaintiff failed to meet his burden of showing that the surgeon’s actions deviated from the relevant standard of care. The district court also found that the plaintiff failed to…