Wierzbicki ex rel. Estate of Jones v. United States

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

ROBERTO A. LANGE, District Judge.

From June 2 until June 4, 2014, this Court conducted a court trial of this case. Under Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, this Court now enters these Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law.

I. Findings of Fact

A. The Parties and the Claims

Plaintiff Honora Wierzbicki (Wierzbicki) is the special administrator of the estate of ' her mother Mary Josephine Jones (Mary). Mary died on October 23, 2009, as the result of a head injury sustained when she fell at the Indian Health Services Medical Center at Rosebud,…