Sherman Simon, Jr., Individually and as Next Friend of His Minor Children, Peter Darnell Simon and Keenan Simon, Etc. v. United States

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

A judgment for $1,061,656.01 was entered against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act in a suit for medical malpractice brought by the family of a patient who died after surgery at an Army hospital in Louisiana. The United States filed a motion to alter or amend the judgment, claiming that the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act, which limits to $500,000 the damages that can be recovered for medical malpractice, applies to suits against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The United States appeals from the judgment and the district…