Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit January 16, 1990, 88-2141 (Sherman Simon, Jr., Individually and as Next Friend of His Minor Children, Peter Darnell Simon and Keenan Simon, Etc. v. United States)

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

A judgment for $1,061,656.01 was entered against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act in a suit for medical malpractice brought by the family of a patient who died after surgery at an Army hospital in Louisiana.