· 8/17/1988
John T. Ulrich, Cross-Appellee v. Veterans Administration Hospital and United States of America, Defendants- Cross-Appellants
Citations
- 853 F.2d 1078
- 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 11482
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- holding statute of limitations period was tolled by continuing treatment doctrine where plaintiff was treated properly by doctors in one division in order to correct negligence of different doctors in another division of same hospital
- holding statute of limitations period was tolled by continuing treatment doctrine where plaintiff was treated properly by doctors in one division in order to correct negligence of different doctors in another division of same hospital
- holding statute of limitations period was tolled by continuing -12- treatment doctrine where plaintiff was treated properly by doctors in one division in order to correct negligence of different doctors in another division of same hospital
- recognizing “where the plaintiff is in the continuing care of the negligent actor for the same injury out of which the FTCA cause of action arose, the statute of limitations may be tolled under certain circumstances until the end of the course of treatment”
- “An FTCA action accrues when the plaintiff in the exercise of reasonable diligence knows both the existence and the cause of his injury.”
- “An FTCA action accrues when the plaintiff in the exercise of reasonable diligence knows both the existence and the cause 17 of his injury.”
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Judges: Cardamone, Pratt, Mahoney
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