Legal Opinion
Clarence Lee, Sr. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 28, 2014No. 13-50905PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Chief Judge:
The government appeals the district court’s award of damages in a medical malpractice suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). The government does not challenge the district court’s finding that it was liable; rather, it contends that the district court should have applied the Texas periodic payment statutory scheme, Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code §§ 74.501-507, and that the district court erred in its order of post-judgment interest. For the following reasons, we VACATE the district court’s judgment insofar as it failed to fashion a damages award…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sherman Simon, Jr., Individually and as Next Friend of His Minor Children, Peter Darnell Simon and Keenan Simon, Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Richard Lucas v. United States of America, Richard Lucas, Cross-Appellees v. United States of America, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Dwight L. Ingraham v. United States of America, Jocelyn Bonds, Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Rogers v. McDormanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
- Eugene Owen and Dora Owen, Individually and as Next Friend for Alicia Marie Owen, a Minor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Marla Dixon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2018
- Dirk Askew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015
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