George Andrew Lavellee, Jr. v. Carlo Listi, Sheriff, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

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• holding that failure to provide any medical attention was a \continuing tort\
• assuming that federal standard for accrual of claims does not vary among FTCA, FELA and § 1983; “prior cases under one federal act have relied on cases under other federal acts concerning accrual of causes of actions”
• finding that an illegal seizure claim accrued on the day of the seizure
• reversing summary judgment and remanding, holding that “failure to provide needed and requested medical attention constitutes a continuing tort, which does not accrue until the date medical attention is provided”
• prisoner injured by negligently performed medical procedure; limitations period began only when prisoner knew or should have known that procedure was the cause of his continuing symptoms
• one-year period applies to § 1983 suit against sheriff and others for personal injury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).