Legal Opinion

Maria Moya, as Personal Representative, for the Estate of Andelicio Moya v. United States of America, Department of Veteran's Affairs

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided September 8, 1994No. 93-2335PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TACHA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Maria Moya, as representative of the estate of Andelicio Moya, appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment denying Ms. Moya’s claim for medical malpractice and wrongful death brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671 to 2680, as being filed out of time. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On October 1, 1991, plaintiff filed an administrative claim with the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) alleging that several of its employees at the Veteran’s…

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