Legal Opinion
Mary Ann Newmann v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 14, 1991No. 90-8625PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COX, Circuit Judge:
I. OVERVIEW.
This is an appeal of a judgment for the plaintiff in a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) suit. Mary Ann Neumann claimed that she was negligently injured at Winn Army Community Hospital (Winn), where she went to seek treatment for an infection shortly after giving birth. An advisory jury returned a verdict for the United States, but the trial court rejected that verdict and granted judgment for Neu-mann in the amount of $1,674,495. We affirm.
II. FACTS.
On October 6, 1987, Neumann went to the emergency room at Winn complaining of severe chills, fever, and lower…
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