Legal Opinion
Norman, John D. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 31, 2006No. 05-5304PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge.
After appellant filed suit in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia seeking damages for injuries suffered in a car accident, the United States, acting pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, removed the case to federal court because the car’s driver was a federal employee acting within the scope of his employment at the time of the accident. By the time the case was removed, however, the FTCA’s two-year statute of limitations had expired. Accordingly, the district court, declining to equitably toll the statute…
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