· 8/31/1984
Raymond A. Shaw and Karen L. Shaw, Husband and Wife, Individually, and as Guardians Ad Litem of Richard Scott Shaw, a Minor v. United States
Citations
- 741 F.2d 1202
- 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 19016
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- recognizing that raising a severely handicapped child would be difficult but would not constitute a total loss of the child’s company
- noting that trial 8 courts may not “simply ignore these calculations as speculative”
- “The components and measure of damages in FTCA claims 14 are taken from the state where the tort occurred.”
- Federal Tort Claims Act action based on Washington law
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Judges: Anderson, Poole, Nelson
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