Cannon v. United States

BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) waives the sovereign immunity of the United States for certain tort claims “accruing on or after January 1, 1945 ... under circumstances where the United States, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant in accordance with the law of the place where the act ... occurred.” 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). Under the FTCA’s limited waiver of sovereign immunity, “[a] tort claim against the United States shall be forever barred unless it is presented in writing to the appropriate Federal agency within two years after such claim accrues ....”…