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McCullough v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided June 3, 2010No. 09-13724PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARTIN, Circuit Judge:

Days before routine scheduled hernia surgery, Samuel McCullough (“Mr. McCullough”) went to a Veterans Affairs hospital complaining about neck pain. Ten days after the surgery, he was quadriplegic. The district court granted summary judgment for the United States because Mr. McCullough’s administrative claim was filed more than two years after Mr. McCullough knew that his paralysis was caused by a spinal abscess. We feel sympathy for Mr. McCullough in light of his misfortune. Nonetheless, the statute of limitations requires us to affirm.

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In 1973, Mr. McCullough suffered…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
  2. United States v. KubrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Darrell R. Page v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
  4. Kronisch v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
  5. Louise Drazan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Arroyo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
  2. Niny J. Motta v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
  3. Michael L. McGroarty v. Richard L. SwearingenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020
  4. Stewart J. Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2021
  5. Michael Wade Nance v. Commissioner, Georgia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2023

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