United States v. Lee A. Limbs, Jr.

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• a quasi-contractual right of recovery is “ ‘enforced ... by compelling the obligor to restore the value of that by which he was unjustly enriched.’ ”
• government has quasi-contractual right of subrogation to proceeds of third party settlement for benefits paid under the act, and, as a result, the six year statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2415 applies
• “Whenever the United States sues for damages, the substance of the claims must be characterized for purposes of section 2415 as sounding in either tort, contract or quasi-contract.”
• tort cause of action first accrued at time of injury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).