United States Fifth Circuit

In a wrongful death action, dismissal of plaintiff's claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act is affirmed where he did not establish, by expert testimony, negligence that was a proximate cause of his wife's death.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/17/2005
• Published 08/18/2005

Judges

• GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, SMITH and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Walter L. Boyaki (argued), John Gregory Mundie (argued), Miranda & Boyaki, El Paso, TX, for Bradley Guile., John Joseph Grost, III (argued), El Paso, TX, for Christina Cruz.


• For Appellees:
  
• Clayton R. Diedrichs (argued), San Antonio, TX, David K. Dalition, El Paso, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.