Karen Hawver v. United States

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

Karen Hawver claims that the Center for Family Health in Jackson, Michigan, a federally qualified health center, caused her mother’s death by providing negligent medical care. The Federal Tort Claims Act provides the exclusive remedy for claims against federally qualified health centers such as Family Health. See 42 U.S.C. § 233. By the time Hawver filed this lawsuit, the two-year statute of limitations applicable to claims under the Act had run. See 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b). The district court dismissed her case as a result. Relying on Rogers v. United States, 675…