Legal Opinion
Dirk and Cynthia Bradley, Individually and as Next Friends for Their Minor Son Brad Alan Bradley v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 21, 1989No. 87-1668PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiffs Dirk and Cynthia Bradley appeal from a take-nothing judgment entered after a bench trial on their claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b) and 2671 et seq., against the United States for medical malpractice. We conclude that the government purposefully disregarded — indeed, had a policy of disregarding — its duties under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the district court’s own local rules, and the court’s pretrial order seasonably to identify for the Bradleys the expert witnesses whose testimony it intended to present at trial. For that reason, we…
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