Legal Opinion
Evelyn Cotto and Edwin Torres, Etc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 19, 1993No. 92-2440PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of an action brought against the United States by family members and personal representatives of an injured minor under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680 (1990). Long after the district court dismissed the case, plaintiffs sought to revivify it but failed. Believing, as we do, that the district court appropriately rebuffed the attempted resurrection, we affirm the judgment below.
I. BACKGROUND
The incident that sparked this case occurred on December 13, 1987, when a small child, Alexis Agosto, caught his hand in a…
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