Legal Opinion
Gonzalez v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 1, 2002No. 00-2352PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is a medical malpractice case brought by plaintiff-appellant, Catherine Gonzalez, individually and on behalf of her daughter, Kiana Rios, who was born with various health problems on October 27, 1995. The district court dismissed the suit against the defendant-appellee United States because the plaintiff failed to file a timely administrative claim as required pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b).
The plaintiff presents three arguments on appeal. First, she argues that under the discovery rule, she timely filed her claim…
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