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· 5/26/1965

Reverend Johnstone Beech and Mrs. Maryalma Beech v. United States

Citations

  • 345 F.2d 872
  • 1965 U.S. App. LEXIS 5444

How courts have described this case

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  • plaintiff slipped on floor of government hospital due to excessive wax
  • “Where the trauma coincides with the negligent act and some damage is discernible at the time, [§ 2401(b)’s] two-year statute of limitations begins to run, even though the ultimate damage is unknown or unpredictable.”
  • “Where the trauma coincides with the negligent act and some damage is discernible at the time, [§ 2401(b)’s] two-year statute of limitations begins to run, even though the ultimate damage is unknown or unpredictable.”
  • where duty not only to communicate diagnosis but treat as well § 2680(h) not applicable; Hungerford v. United States, 307 F.2d 99 (9th Cir. 1962) (§ 2680(h) not applicable where United States had duty to treat as well as communicate diagnosis

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Judges: Brown, Bell, Hunter

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