· 5/25/2001
Steven W. Winter, a Single Person,plaintiff-Appellant v. United States of America,defendant-Appellee
Citations
- 244 F.3d 1088
How courts have described this case
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- finding no accrual in part because plaintiff was “never told the medical cause of his injury”
- “Accrual of a claim does not ‘await awareness by a plaintiff that his injury has been negligently inflicted.’”
- “It is well settled that the limitations period begins to run when the plaintiff has knowledge of injury and its cause, and not when the plaintiff has knowledge of legal fault.”
- “It is well settled that the limitations 11 period begins to run when the plaintiff has knowledge of injury and its cause, and not when the 12 plaintiff has knowledge of legal fault.”
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Judges: Kozinski, Hawkins, Berzon
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