Bravo v. United States

This is a Federal Tort Claims Act1 case arising from the negligence of medical personnel at a naval hospital in Jacksonville, Florida which caused severe brain damage to a child who was delivered there. After an 11-day bench trial in the Southern District of Florida, the district judge entered judgment against the United States in the amount of $40,485,788.98, $20,000,000.00 of which constituted non-economic damages awarded to the parents. The parents’ part of the award was vacated by the panel and remanded to the district court on the sole ground of it being excessive and shocking to the…