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Burton v. U.S.

No. 05-CV-2214 (RCL).

668 F.Supp.2d 86 (2009)

Doshia Daniels BURTON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

November 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen T. Eaton, III, The Eaton Law Firm, PLLC, Patrick A. Malone, Patrick Malone & Associates, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Kathryn Ann Donnelly, Christian Alexander Natiello, Dan Dalrymple, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION.

On February 20, 2003, Samuel E. Burton, a retired United States Coast Guard captain who had recently had his leg placed in a cast at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center to treat a rupture of his Achilles tendon, died from a massive pulmonary embolism. He was convalescing on his living-room couch when a blood clot moved from his leg to his lungs and blocked both arteries...

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