Legal Opinion
William F. Glarner v. United States of America, Department of Veterans Administration
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 26, 1994No. 93-5444PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant William F. Glarner filed this medical malpractice action against the Department of Veterans Administration (“VA”). The district court dismissed the action because Glarner’s administrative claim failed to satisfy the jurisdictional requirements of the Federal Tort Claims Act. The court also held that a second tort claim was barred by the statute of limitations. We hold that though the first claim was defective, the second claim was properly filed as the statute of limitations was equitably tolled from the time when the VA failed to inform…
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