Jewell M. Hart v. The United States

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• holding claim to survivor benefits accrues upon service member’s death, rather than each month benefits are due
• stating that a claim accrues “when all the events have occurred which fix the liability of the Government and entitle the claimant to institute an action”
• “Because all events necessary to her benefits claim had occurred when her husband died, we conclude that plaintiffs claim for ... annuity benefits is not a ‘continuing’ claim.”
• “The statute of limitations is jurisdictional in nature and, as an express limitation on the waiver of sovereign immunity, may not be waived.”
• “Courts are not free to engraft exceptions on the statute of limitations. Should Congress so desire, it may lengthen the time for bringing suit against the government.”
• death of widow's husband was single event necessary to fix liability of the government for husband's military annuity benefits paid in monthly installments after his death and therefore not a continuing claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).