United States Fifth Circuit

A ruling in favor of the United States on claims of medical malpractice brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) is affirmed over challenges to certain evidentiary rulings, and to the district court's final determination that plaintiff failed to prove that defendant's conduct fell below the requisite standard of care.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/19/2006
• Published 07/19/2006

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, DAVIS and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John T. Bennett (argued), John T. Bennett Law Offices, Marksville, LA, Edward Alan Kaplan, Law Offices of Edward A. Kaplan, Alexandria, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Karen J. King (argued), Lafayette, LA, for U.S.