Mealey's (January 11, 2017, 12:24 PM EST) -- PIERRE, S.D. — The parents of an Indian man who died while in the care of a Native American hospital and ambulance service managed by the U.S. government cannot pursue their claim that their son’s death was caused by the negligence of health services employees because they failed to provide expert witnesses, as required by the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), a South Dakota federal judge held Jan. 9 (Emerson Little Elk, et al. v. United States of America, No. 3:14-cv-03012, D. S.D.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2719)....