Legal Opinion
United States v. Republic Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 24, 1985No. 84-5455PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILBURN, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether the six (6) year statute of limitations contained in 28 U.S.C. § 2415(a) applicable to the United States can abrogate a contractual one (1) year limitation of actions provision in a private contract of fire insurance under which the United States claims to have subrogation rights. We answer this question in the negative.
Plaintiff, the United States of America for the Veterans Administration (“VA”), appeals the judgment for the defendant-ap-pellee, Republic Insurance Company (“Republic”) in this action for damages under an…
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