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· 1/17/2002

Edna Ayers, Administratrix of the Estate of Roy L. Hardin, Deceased v. United States

Citations

  • 277 F.3d 821
  • 2002 A.M.C. 403
  • 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 704
  • 2002 WL 58498

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that admiralty jurisdiction applied to death of swimmer in navigable waters of the Kentucky River near a lock and dam
  • considering “a drowning which occurred a short distance downstream from a lock on navigable waters”
  • considering “a drowning which occurred a short distance downstream from a lock on navigable waters”
  • affirming district court’s denial of equitable tolling of the 7 Appellate Case: 21-7061 Document: 010110714336 Date Filed: 07/21/2022 Page: 8 SIAA’s statute of limitations under similar facts
  • observing that equitable tolling rarely applies against the government
  • \Claims for which a remedy is available under [SIAA] are not cognizable under FTCA.\ (citation modified)

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Judges: Nelson, Moore, Katz

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