Legal Opinion
Louise Drazan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 20, 1985No. 84-2389PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq., was dismissed as barred by the Act’s two-year statute of limitations for filing (as a prerequisite to suit) an administrative claim, 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b). The plaintiff has appealed, raising an interesting question about when a cause of action for failure to discover and treat an illness arises and sets the statute of limitations running.
The plaintiff’s husband, Bozo Drazan, had for many years received treatment at a Veterans Administration hospital in Chicago for tuberculosis. His disease…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- David M. Wollman v. Jake Gross, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Sibyl Harrison v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by139 opinions
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- David J. Fries v. Chicago & Northwestern Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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